Out Of Apathy
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tears on jacket located around spine folds, chipping around corners. One small tear at back of jacket. Jacket still structural. Pages clean and crisp. Binding tight. Book now protected in plastic sleeve.
A landmark work of British socialist thought, Out of Apathy presents a passionate and intellectually rigorous call to action for the British left at the dawn of the 1960s. Edited by E. P. Thompson and drawing on contributions from leading New Left thinkers, it argues forcefully against the political complacency and moral exhaustion that had settled over post-war British society. With a tone that is urgent, polemical, and deeply humanist, the collection challenges both Cold War orthodoxies and the bureaucratic rigidity of the established labour movement. Thompson and his fellow contributors illustrate how a revitalized socialist politics must be rooted in genuine human agency, culture, and moral commitment rather than dogma or institutional inertia. A foundational text of the British New Left, it remains an essential document for anyone seeking to understand the intellectual currents that shaped radical politics in the twentieth century.
Author: E. P. Thompson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, New Left Books / Stevens & Sons Limited
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Tears on jacket located around spine folds, chipping around corners. One small tear at back of jacket. Jacket still structural. Pages clean and crisp. Binding tight. Book now protected in plastic sleeve.
A landmark work of British socialist thought, Out of Apathy presents a passionate and intellectually rigorous call to action for the British left at the dawn of the 1960s. Edited by E. P. Thompson and drawing on contributions from leading New Left thinkers, it argues forcefully against the political complacency and moral exhaustion that had settled over post-war British society. With a tone that is urgent, polemical, and deeply humanist, the collection challenges both Cold War orthodoxies and the bureaucratic rigidity of the established labour movement. Thompson and his fellow contributors illustrate how a revitalized socialist politics must be rooted in genuine human agency, culture, and moral commitment rather than dogma or institutional inertia. A foundational text of the British New Left, it remains an essential document for anyone seeking to understand the intellectual currents that shaped radical politics in the twentieth century.