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OverviewMuch loved in his own era, William Morris has inspired Prime Ministers (Clement Attlee), artists and eco-socialists (John Bellamy Foster). Ferociously opposed to capitalism and inequality, he sought to embrace humanity with passion, commitment, energy and belief working vigorously for a free, green and non-hierarchical future. All this – with his distrust of conventional politicians and with his belief that people can and must change the world – resonates in social movement politics today. This book offers a fresh perspective: a transhistorical approach presenting Morris’s libertarian politics through exploring his intellectual and cultural heritage and considering practical-political issues, actions and aims. Today we see how class intersects with gender, politics with technology and economics, ecology with industry and economics, art with history. John Blewitt shows how these – and more – intersect with each other and with power, domination, resistance, emergence and transcendence. Morris helps us grapple with these challenges offering an ethics and a politics embracing socialism, communism, anarchism and feminism. Hark the rolling of the thunder! Lo the sun! and lo thereunder Riseth wrath, and hope, and wonder, And the host comes marching on. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John BlewittPublisher: The Merlin Press Ltd Imprint: The Merlin Press Ltd ISBN: 9780850367553ISBN 10: 0850367557 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 01 November 2019 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction, Socialism's Brightest Star, Revolution, Anarchist-Communism, The Woman Question, Creating a Socialist Culture, First and Second Nature, A Larger Socialism, Useful Work, Technology, Bibliography, Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationJohn Blewitt is an independent writer and educator having been Head of Lifelong Learning at Exeter University and Director of the MSc Social Responsibility and Sustainability at Aston University. He is author of Understanding Sustainable Development (Routledge 3rd edition, 2018) and editor of William Morris and John Ruskin: a New Road On Which the World Should Travel (University of Exeter Press, 2019). He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Schumacher Institute and a member of the William Morris Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |