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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. 

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Author:   Seamus Flaherty
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   2020 ed.
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9783030423384

ISBN 10:   3030423387
Pages:   271
Publication Date:   21 May 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Remaking of British Socialism.- Part 1: Origins.- Chapter 2: ‘A Certain Hyndman’: ‘Tory Radical’ or ‘Freethinking Gentleman-Republican’?.- Chapter 3: Socialism in the Periodical Press: The Origins of Modern British Socialism.- Chapter 4: The Democratic Federation and England for All.- Chapter 5: ‘A Real Enthusiasm for the New Ideas’: Bax, Marx, Comte, and Spencer.- Part 2: Hyndman.- Chapter 6: Scientific Socialism: Hyndman, Engels, Morley, and Morris.- Chapter 7: Wealth and Ability: Hyndman, Mallock, Toynbee, and George.- Part 3: Bax.- Chapter 8: ‘True Marxian Theory’: The Synthetic Conception of History and The Religion of Socialism.- Chapter 9: ‘Historical Agnosticism’: Bax, Engels, and Classical German Philosophy .- Chapter 10: Liberalism Versus Socialism: Republicanism, Rights, and Representative Democracy.- Part 4: Morris.- Chapter 11: ‘Sentimental Socialism’? Morris, Marx, Engels, and Mill.- Chapter 12. Conclusion.

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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.

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