04389nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001300153072001600166072002300182072001500205100007400220245012700294250001800421264008500439300004100524336002600565337002600591338003600617347002400653490004300677505045500720520227301175650002303448650003303471650002003504650003203524650002203556650002303578650002303601650002603624710003403650773002603684776003603710776003603746776003603782830004303818856004603861978-3-031-65762-7DE-He21320251030113042.0cr nn 008mamaa240914s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830316576277 a10.1007/978-3-031-65762-72doi 4aJC11-607 7aJPA2bicssc 7aPOL0100002bisacsh 7aJPA2thema1 aLamb, Peter.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aHarold Laski, the Reluctant Marxisth[electronic resource] :bSocialist Democracy for a World in Turmoil /cby Peter Lamb.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aX, 237 p. 1 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aMarx, Engels, and Marxisms,x2524-71310 aChapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Continuity and Discontinuity in the Development of Laski’s Thought -- Chapter 3. Marxist Foundations -- Chapter 4. Intellectual and Socio-Political Aspects of Laski’s Marxism -- Chapter 5. Laski's Class Analysis of Capitalist Democracy -- Chapter 6. Laski on Democracy and Revolution in the Historical Trajectory -- Chapter 7. Laski on Liberty and Emancipation -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Why Read Laski Today.  a“Peter Lamb provides a superbly contextualised account of how Laski came to envisage the ‘great transformation’ that capitalism in crisis made necessary and makes a convincing case for Laski’s continuing relevance.” --Kevin Morgan, Emeritus Professor of Politics and Contemporary History, University of Manchester UK “Harold Laski, the Reluctant Marxist provides a refreshingly new take on Laski’s political thought, that enriches standard readings of Laski’s transition to Marxism and highlights Laski’s flexibility and innovation as a thinker. Essential reading for critics of liberalism and those interested in accounts of sovereignty and the capitalist state.” --Jeanne Morefield, Associate Professor of Political Theory, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford This book examines Harold Laski’s relationship to Marxism. Laski was a reluctant Marxist; he had been a pluralist, democratic socialist who wanted to reach a better society by means of parliamentary, constitutional and associational channels. In fact, he never abandoned these early aspirations. In the 1930s and 1940s he wove them into a distinctive Marxist position as he gradually came to believe that there was no answer to Marxist philosophy on history, social change and the prospects for socialism. It is the incorporation of his earlier political thought into his later work that makes his Marxism so fascinating and his work raises important questions. Harold Laski’s Marxism aims to bring a relatively forgotten political theorist back into the spotlight. Peter Lamb provides an overview to Laski’s political thought in the 20th century and explores his connections to essential foundations of Marxist thought. He ends with a discussion of ways in which Laski’s Marxism is of lasting significance and can contribute to more recent Marxist and neo-Marxist debates. Peter Lamb now retired, was Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at Staffordshire University, UK. He is the author of many books, including Socialism (2019), The First Marx: A Philosophical Introduction, with co-author Douglas Burnham (2018), and Harold Laski: Problems of Democracy, the Sovereign State, and International Society (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004). 0aPolitical science. 0aMarxian school of sociology. 0aWorld politics. 0aIntellectual lifexHistory.14aPolitical Theory.24aMarxist Sociology.24aPolitical History.24aIntellectual History.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303165761008iPrinted edition:z978303165763408iPrinted edition:z9783031657641 0aMarx, Engels, and Marxisms,x2524-713140uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-65762-7