The Anglo-Marxists - A Study in Ideology and Culture

In this book, Edwin Roberts provides a comparative intellectual history of the development of Marxist theory in Great Britian, concentrating on the years between the Great Depression and the Cold War. Roberts argues that during this period there developed among university-educated intellectuals a distinctively Anglicized form of Marxist theory that prefigured the analytical Marxism so prominent in the English-speaking world today. Roberts' important book explores this school_a precursor to contemporary analytical Marxism_examining key figures such as Haldane and Bernal and providing readers with a compelling argument for the significance of Anglo-Marxism in the tradition of Marxist thought.

About the author

Edwin A. Roberts is assistant professor of political science at California State University, Long Beach.

Summary

This work provides a comparative history of the development of Marxist theory in Great Britain, concentrating on the years between the Great Depression and the Cold War. Roberts argues that during this period, there developed among intellectuals a distinctly Anglicized form of Marxism.

Product details

• Authors: Edwin A Roberts, Edwin A. Roberts, Roberts Edwin A.
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.1996
• EAN: 9780847683956
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8395-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Politikwissenschaft, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, Marxismus und Kommunismus, History of Ideas, Demokratische Ideologien: Sozialismus, Mitte-links, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political science and theory, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Marxism & Communism