Theory and History: The Political Thought of E. P. Thompson

ISBN-13: 9781138369474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 194 str.

Gerard McCann

Opis

First published in 1997, the aim of this book is to look at the historical materialism of E.P. Thompson while introducing him as a political thinker of distinction.

Recenzje

’McCann’s book is a fine piece of scholarship which, very much in the same manner as Thompson, makes its subject accessible without sacrificing analysis....an important contribution to the assessment of one whose contribution to British politics ought not to be forgotten’ The Philosopher.

Spis treści

1. The Origins of British Communist Libertarianism. 2. Socialist Humanism, Romantic and Utopian Critique. 3. Agency and the English Working Class. 4. The Reaffirmation of Historical Materialism. 5. Political Liberty and Nuclear Disarmament. 6. Conclusion.