Marx, Engels and Modern British Socialism
The Social and Political Thought of H. M. Hyndman, E. B. Bax and William Morris
Authors: Flaherty, Seamus
Free Preview- Offers a new account of the emergence of socialism in late nineteenth-century Britain
- Reassesses three central figures – H.M. Hyndman, E.B. Bax and William Morris – to show how they interacted with Marx and Marxism
- Recovers crucial sources rarely mentioned elsewhere and establishes an alternative genealogy of Fabianism
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This book is a reception study of Karl Marx’s and Friedrich Engels’ ideas in Britain during the late nineteenth century and a revisionist account of the emergence of modern British socialism. It reconstructs how H. M. Hyndman, E. B. Bax, and William Morris interacted with Marx and ‘Marxism’. It shows how Hyndman was a socialist of liberal and republican provenance, rather than the Tory radical he is typically held to be; how Bax was a sophisticated thinker and highly influential figure in European socialist circles, rather than a negligible pedant; and it shows how Morris’s debt to Bax and liberalism has not been given its due. It demonstrates how John Stuart Mill, in particular, was combined with Marx in Britain; it illuminates other liberal influences which help to explain the sectarian attitude adopted by the Social Democratic Federation towards organised labour; and it establishes an alternative genealogy for Fabian socialism.
- About the authors
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Seamus Flaherty is an independent scholar. He has taught widely across modern history and the history of ideas, and he has published his research in the History of European Ideas, Modern Intellectual History and The English Historical Review.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction: The Remaking of British Socialism
Pages 1-15
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‘A Certain Hyndman’: ‘Tory Radical’ or ‘Freethinking Gentleman-Republican’?
Pages 19-35
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Socialism in the Periodical Press: The Origins of Modern British Socialism
Pages 37-56
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The Democratic Federation and England for All
Pages 57-79
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‘A Real Enthusiasm for the New Ideas’: Bax, Marx, Comte, and Spencer
Pages 81-100
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Marx, Engels and Modern British Socialism
- Book Subtitle
- The Social and Political Thought of H. M. Hyndman, E. B. Bax and William Morris
- Authors
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- Seamus Flaherty
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-42339-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-42339-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-42338-4
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 271
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