From the Vanguard to the Margins is dedicated to the work of the late British historian, Dr Mark Pittaway (1971-2010), a prominent scholar of post-war and contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Breaking with orthodox readings on Eastern bloc regimes, which remain wedded to the 'totalitarianism' paradigm of the Cold War era, the essays in this volume shed light on the contradictory historical and social trajectory of 'real socialism' in the region. Mainstream historiography has presented Stalinist parties as 'omnipotent', effectively stripping workers and society in general...
From the Vanguard to the Margins is dedicated to the work of the late British historian, Dr Mark Pittaway (1971-2010), a prominent scholar of p...
The Hungarian-born thinker Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) is renowned for his seminal work The Great Transformation (1944) and his writings on political economy. This volume presents a collection of texts never before published in English, including articles, papers, lectures, speeches, notes and draft manuscripts, mostly written between 1907 and 1923.
Organised thematically around religion, ethics, ideology, world politics and Hungarian politics, the topics include contemporary thinkers, the Tisza government, the Aster and the Bolshevik Revolutions, the Councils...
The Hungarian-born thinker Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) is renowned for his seminal work The Great Transformation (1944) and his writings on p...
