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Kropotkin, Read, and the intellectual history of British anarchism : between reason and romanticism

Title
Kropotkin, Read, and the intellectual history of British anarchism : between reason and romanticism / Matthew S. Adams, University of Victoria, Canada.
Author
Adams, Matthew S., 1984-
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
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Description
x, 251 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"British anarchism has a rich intellectual history. Although marginal as a political force, anarchist ideas developed in Britain into a distinctive political tradition. Kropotkin, Read, and the Intellectual History of British Anarchism explores this lost history, offering a new appraisal of the work of Kropotkin and Read, and examining the ways in which they endeavoured to articulate a politics fit for the particular challenges of Britain's modern history. This book traces how their politics emerged in response to the controversies animating Britain's intellectual history, including the social implications of Darwinism, the role of the state, and the status of modern art and culture. Challenging existing interpretations of their work, it re-conceptualises the history of British anarchism, uncovering the attempt to broaden anarchism, the politics of protest, into a comprehensive philosophical system"--
Subject
  • Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1842-1921 > Political and social views
  • Read, Herbert, 1893-1968 > Political and social views
  • Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1842-1921
  • Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
  • 1800 - 1999
  • Anarchism > Great Britain > History > 19th century
  • Anarchism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
  • HISTORY / Revolutionary
  • HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
  • Anarchism
  • Intellectual life
  • Political and social views
  • Politics and government
  • Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century
  • Great Britain > Intellectual life > 20th century
  • Great Britain > Politics and government > 1837-1901
  • Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Contexts : Anarchism in British Intellectual History, 1886-1968 -- 2. Foundations : System-Building Philosophy -- 3. Statism : The Power of History -- 4. Revolution : The Journey to Communism -- 5. Utopia : Imagining Post-Capitalist Society.
Call Number
JFD 15-3173
ISBN
  • 9781137392602 (hardback)
  • 1137392606 (hardback)
LCCN
  • 2015002671
  • 40025045098
OCLC
900031268
Author
Adams, Matthew S., 1984- author.
Title
Kropotkin, Read, and the intellectual history of British anarchism : between reason and romanticism / Matthew S. Adams, University of Victoria, Canada.
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Chronological Term
1800 - 1999
Other Standard Identifier
40025045098
Research Call Number
JFD 15-3173
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