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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783843603321

Autore

Griffith Gareth

Titolo

Socialism and superior brains [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 1995

ISBN

1-134-80294-3

1-134-80293-5

0-203-21083-2

1-280-32442-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

822.912

822.912092

822/.912

Soggetti

Political plays, English

Politics and literature

Shaw, Bernard

Social problems in literature

Socialism and literature

Socialism and literature - Great Britain - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; SHAW'S FABIANISM; SHAVIAN SOCIALISM; SEXUAL EQUALITY; THE IRISH QUESTION; WAR AND PEACE; FASCISM AND SOVIETISM; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Available in paperback for the first time, Gareth Griffith's book provides a comprehensive critical account of the political ideas of one of the most influential commentators of the twentieth century.With close reference to a range of Shaw's texts, from the Fabian tracts to the plays, Gareth Griffith draws out the central theoretical messages of Shaw's engagement with politics. The first part of the book provides an intellectual biography, while at the same time analysing Shaw's key concerns in relation to his Fabianism, arguments for equality of income and ideas on democracy and education