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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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Details
- 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
- Anarchism > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Anarchism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
- HISTORY / Revolutionary
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- 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
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781137392602 (hardback)
- 1137392606 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2015002671
- 40025047557
- OCLC
- 900031268
- ocn900031268
- SCSB-5809385
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries