Studying John Strachey, an important 20th-century British Left intellectual, this book provides a detailed exposition of his intellectual evolution set in its historical context, thus highlighting the option, pressures, dilemmas and pitfalls besetting British socialists in the turbulent times of the
John Strachey: An Intellectual Biography
β Scribed by Noel Thompson (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 300
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Political Economy and the Labour Party: the Post-war Period....Pages 1-9
Revolution by Reason and the Challenge to Fabianism, 1925....Pages 10-29
The Making of an English Marxist? 1925β29....Pages 30-53
From Labour Party to New Party, 1929β31....Pages 54-70
The Theory and Practice of Communism, 1931β36....Pages 71-101
The Costs of Keeping the Faith, 1931β39....Pages 102-125
Towards a Popular Front Political Economy, 1936β39....Pages 126-147
Marxist or Social Democrat? 1940β44....Pages 148-167
The Break with the Party, 1940β42....Pages 168-183
Contemporary Capitalism, 1945β56....Pages 184-202
Revisionist or Fundamentalist? 1945β56....Pages 203-225
Modified Capitalism, Modified Marxism, Modified Imperialism, 1956β63....Pages 226-247
On the Prevention of War, 1945β63....Pages 248-265
Conclusion....Pages 266-268
Back Matter....Pages 269-288
β¦ Subjects
British Politics; History of Britain and Ireland; Modern History; Literature, general; Political Theory
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