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Author Goodway, David, 1942- author.

Title Anarchist seeds beneath the snow : left-libertarian thought and British writers from William Morris to Colin Ward / David Goodway
Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2006
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 401 pages)
Series Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 48
Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 48
Contents Introduction -- Anarchism and libertarian socialism in Britain : William Morris and the background, 1880-1920 -- Edward Carpenter -- Oscar Wilde -- John Cowper Powys I : His life-philosophy and individualist anarchism -- The Spanish Revolution and Civil War and the case of George Orwell -- John Cowper Powys II : the impact of Emma Goldman and Spain -- Herbert Read -- War and pacifism -- Aldous Huxley -- Alex Comfort -- Nuclear disarmament, the New Left and the case of E.P. Thompson -- Christopher Pallis -- Colin Ward -- Conclusion
Summary "From William Morris to Oscar Wilde to George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In Anarchist Seeds beneath the Snow, David Goodway seeks to recover and revitalize that indigenous anarchist tradition. This book succeeds as simultaneously a cultural history of left-libertarian thought in Britain and a demonstration of the applicability of that history to current politics. Goodway argues that a recovered anarchist tradition could -- and should -- be a touchstone for contemporary political radicals. Moving seamlessly from Aldous Huxley and John Cowper Powys to the war in Iraq, this challenging volume will energize leftist movements throughout Britain and the rest of the world."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-381) and index
Notes English
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Subject Anarchism -- Great Britain
Anarchists -- Great Britain
Libertarianism -- Great Britain
Libertarians -- Great Britain
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Anarchism.
Anarchism
Anarchists
Libertarianism
Libertarians
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846312557
1846312558
1781386110
9781781386118