Theory and history : the political thought of E.P. Thompson
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Theory and history : the political thought of E.P. Thompson
（Avebury series in philosophy）
Ashgate, c1997
Available at 13 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The aim of this text is to look at the historical materialism of E.P. Thompson while introducing him as a political thinker of distinction. The study examines many aspects of Thompson's life and work to give a comprehensive statement on his theory of historical change. It surveys the intellectual background from which he emerged; the contribution of to "history from below"; his critique of structural Marxism; and his practical input to political dissent. The scope of this study covers 50 years of socialist polemics and offers an insight into the battles which were fought out between the old and the new Left until the collapse of command-economy communism in 1989. Throughout the work Thompson is presented as a testimony to a lineage of social thinkers as well as to the ideal of the common weal much cherished by radical practitioners of the past.
Table of Contents
- The origins of British communist libertarianism
- socialist humanism, romantic and Utopian critique
- agency and the English working class
- the reaffirmation of historical materialism
- political liberty and nuclear disarmament.
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