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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822795403321

Autore

Goodway David <1942->

Titolo

Anarchist seeds beneath the snow : left-libertarian thought and British writers from William Morris to Colin Ward / / David Goodway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-78138-611-0

1-84631-255-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 401 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 48

Disciplina

320.570941

Soggetti

Anarchism in literature

Anarchism - Great Britain

Libertarianism in literature

Libertarianism - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.