In
the late 1950s, Stuart Hall, Edward Thompson and Raymond Williams among
others, came together as part of a promising new political formation,
the New Left. The six years of the group's formal existence represents
one of the richest and most exciting periods in the intellectual history
of the left in Britain. This short period saw the beginning of many
future theoretical developments in radical politics, and the founder
members of the New Left are now associated with groundbreaking work in
history, culture and politics. This book documents and analyzes the
debates of the New Left, showing how their preoccupations prefigure many
contemporary concerns: the broadening of the previously
narrowly-defined definition of politics, the development of embracing
the popular, the exploration of a Gramscian politics and the attempt to
open a third space between a defunct Marxism-Leninism and an
intellectually barren labourist tradition.
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Publisher
Lawrence & Wishart
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Author
Michael Kenny
Publication Name
The First New Left: British Intellectuals after Stalin