First published in 1997, the aim of this book is to look at the
historical materialism of E.P. Thompson while introducing him as a
political thinker of distinction. The study examines many aspects
of Thompson's life and work to give a comprehensive statement on
his theory of historical change. It surveys the intellectual
background from which he emerged; the core values of socialist
humanism as understood by his generation of the Left; his
contribution to history from below; his critique of structuralist
Marxism; and his practical input to political dissent. The scope of
this study covers fifty years of socialist polemics and offers an
insight into the battles which were fought out between the old and
new Left until the collapse of command-economy communism in 1989.
Throughout the work of Thompson is presented as a testimony to a
lineage of social thinkers as well as to the ideal of the common
weal much cherished by radical practitioners of the past.
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