Class War Conservatism: And Other Essays

by Ralph Miliband, Tariq Ali (Introduction)

Overview

When, in 2013, the Daily Mail labeled Ralph Miliband “The Man Who Hated Britain,” a diverse host rallied to his defense. Those who had worked with him – from both left and right – praised his work and character. He was lauded as “one of the best-known academic Marxists of his generation” and a leading figure of the New Left.

Class War Conservatism collects together his most significant political essays and shows the scope and brilliance of his thinking. Ranging from the critical anatomy of capitalism to a clear-eyed analysis of the future of socialism in Britain, this selection shows Miliband as an independent and prescient thinker of great insight. Throughout, his writing is a passionate and forcefully argued demand for social justice and a better future.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781687703
Publisher:	Verso Books
Publication date:	03/10/2015
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Born in Belgium in 1924, Ralph Miliband moved to Britain in 1940. Serving in the Royal Navy during the war, he then studied at the LSE and became a leading member of the New Left. He set up the Socialist Register in 1964 while he continued to teach in London, Leeds and the US. He is the author of defining works such as Capitalist Democracy in Britain and Socialism for a Sceptical Age. He died in 1994.

Editorial Reviews

A veritable giant of a man who had an almost unique capacity to understand – and explain – the world in which we live.”
—Tony Benn

“An inspiring teacher of politics and an internationally renowned figure on the British Left.”
—Daily Telegraph

“A Miliband speech was always a treat; alternately sarcastic and scholarly, witty and vicious.”
—Tariq Ali

“A beacon on the international Left. He epitomized what it meant to be a creative and independent socialist intellectual, and he provided consistent leadership in defining the issues for critical engagement.”
—Leo Panitch

“[Miliband’s] perspective—simultaneously hopeful and clear-eyed, fiercely principled but tethered to reality—made the British socialist the most impressive Marxist of his generation.”
—In These Times

“His whole effort is to render the language of socialism in terms of the needs of the here and now.”
—Raphael Samuel

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