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Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain: History, the New Left, and the Origins of Cultural Studies
Dennis Dworkin
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Paperback. Tracing the development of British cultural Marxism from beginnings in postwar Britain to the emergence of British cultural studies at Birmingham, this book shows this history to reflect a coherent intellectual tradition, one that represents an implicit and explicit theoretical effort to resolve the crisis of the postwar British Left. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; HBJD1; HBLW3; HBTB; JFC; JPFC; JPFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
In this intellectual history of British cultural Marxism, Dennis Dworkin explores one of the most influential bodies of contemporary thought. Tracing its development from beginnings in postwar Britain, through its various transformations in the 1960s and 1970s, to the emergence of British cultural studies at Birmingham, and up to the advent of Thatcherism, Dworkin shows this history to be one of a coherent intellectual tradition, a tradition that represents an implicit and explicit theoretical effort to resolve the crisis of the postwar British Left.
Limited to neither a single discipline nor a particular intellectual figure, this book comprehensively views ... Read more
In this intellectual history of British cultural Marxism, Dennis Dworkin explores one of the most influential bodies of contemporary thought. Tracing its development from beginnings in postwar Britain, through its various transformations in the 1960s and 1970s, to the emergence of British cultural studies at Birmingham, and up to the advent of Thatcherism, Dworkin shows this history to be one of a coherent intellectual tradition, a tradition that represents an implicit and explicit theoretical effort to resolve the crisis of the postwar British Left.
Limited to neither a single discipline nor a particular intellectual figure, this book comprehensively views ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822319146
SKU
V9780822319146
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About Dennis Dworkin
Dennis Dworkin is Associate Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Reviews for Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain: History, the New Left, and the Origins of Cultural Studies
“Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain is exceptionally well written, lucid, and well organized—and simultaneously accessible and sophisticated, both in its own internal argumentation and in its rendering of often complex and difficult debates.”—Geoff Eley, University of Michigan “There is nothing comparable to this book. It is an important addition to the literatures on British cultural studies, the history of Marxist ... Read more