The Histories of Raphael Samuel: A portrait of a people's historian

By: Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : ANU Press, 2017Description: 1 Online-RessourceSubject(s): Online resources: Summary: In the first integrated biographical study of his work, this book situates British historian Raphael Samuel (1934–1996) in relation to his distinctive form of activist politics as they developed from youthful Cold War communism to the first British New Left, 1960s radicalism to the 1980s history wars. As the catalyst behind the History Workshop movement, Samuel championed the democratisation of history-making and practised an eclectic form of people’s history in his own work. His unique approach was controversial, drawing impassioned responses from across the ideological spectrum, the most sustained critique often coming from his left-wing contemporaries. It is argued here that this compelling figure has been unjustly neglected and that he continues to offer important insights into the politics of history-making in a post-Marxist worldPPN: PPN: 1778578683Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
No physical items for this record

Open Access. Unrestricted online access star

All rights reserved

English

Powered by Koha