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Narratives of delusion in the political practice of the Labour left 1931-1945 /
This book sets out a challenging re-interpretation of the politics of Labour's left-wing. It shows how the Left developed a range of simplistic, self-sustaining narratives, rather than supported analyses, to guide its actions in the aftermath of the political crisis of 1931. This approach, it i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book sets out a challenging re-interpretation of the politics of Labour's left-wing. It shows how the Left developed a range of simplistic, self-sustaining narratives, rather than supported analyses, to guide its actions in the aftermath of the political crisis of 1931. This approach, it is argued, persisted down to the opening years of the present century; its employment in part explaining the decline of the pre-Corbyn Left. The narratives developed by the Left reflected a belief in the existence of a working class waiting to be led in a radical direction. The leading figures of the Left. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 244 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781527505520 1527505529 1527509842 9781527509849 |