Resources of hope: Culture, democracy, socialism

摘要: Collected essays and talks from one of Britain's great thinkers, ranging across political cultural theory Raymond Williams possessed unique authority as foremost theorist public intellectual. Informed by an unparalleled range reference the resources deep personal experience, his life's work represents a patient, exemplary commitment to building socialist future. This book brings together important early writings including "Culture is Ordinary," "The British Left," "Welsh Culture" "Why Do I Demonstrate?" with major last decade. It includes on such central themes nature democratic culture, value community, Green socialism, nuclear threat, relation between state arts. Here too, collected for first time, are later which undertake thorough revaluation principles fundamental idea democracy, confirm shrewd imaginative theorist. In sober yet constructive assessment possibilities advance, Williams--in face much recent intellectual fashion--powerfully reasserts lifelong "making hope practical, rather than despair convincing." valuable collection confirms thinker rare versatility outstanding intellectuals our century.