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Marx, Engels and Modern British Socialism

The Social and Political Thought of H. M. Hyndman, E. B. Bax and William Morris

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  1. Seamus Flaherty

    1. School of History, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

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  • Offers a new account of the emergence of socialism in late nineteenth-century Britain

  • Reassesses three central figures – H.M. Hyndman, E.B. Bax and William Morris – to show how they interacted with Marx and Marxism

  • Recovers crucial sources rarely mentioned elsewhere and establishes an alternative genealogy of Fabianism

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: The Remaking of British Socialism

    • Seamus Flaherty
    Pages 1-15

  4. Hyndman

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Scientific Socialism: Hyndman, Engels, Morley, and Morris

      • Seamus Flaherty
      Pages 103-122

    3. Wealth and Ability: Hyndman, Mallock, Toynbee, and George

      • Seamus Flaherty
      Pages 123-138

  6. Morris

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 203-203
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    2. ‘Sentimental Socialism’? Morris, Marx, Engels, and Mill

      • Seamus Flaherty
      Pages 205-229

    3. Conclusion

      • Seamus Flaherty
      Pages 231-237

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 239-271
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About this book

This book is a reception study of Karl Marx’s and Friedrich Engels’ ideas in Britain during the late nineteenth century and a revisionist account of the emergence of modern British socialism. It reconstructs how H. M. Hyndman, E. B. Bax, and William Morris interacted with Marx and ‘Marxism’. It shows how Hyndman was a socialist of liberal and republican provenance, rather than the Tory radical he is typically held to be; how Bax was a sophisticated thinker and highly influential figure in European socialist circles, rather than a negligible pedant; and it shows how Morris’s debt to Bax and liberalism has not been given its due. It demonstrates how John Stuart Mill, in particular, was combined with Marx in Britain; it illuminates other liberal influences which help to explain the sectarian attitude adopted by the Social Democratic Federation towards organised labour; and it establishes an alternative genealogy for Fabian socialism. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of History, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Seamus Flaherty

About the author

Seamus Flaherty is an independent scholar. He has taught widely across modern history and the history of ideas, and he has published his research in the History of European Ideas, Modern Intellectual History and The English Historical Review.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marx, Engels and Modern British Socialism

  • Book Subtitle: The Social and Political Thought of H. M. Hyndman, E. B. Bax and William Morris

  • Authors: Seamus Flaherty

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42339-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42338-4Published: 21 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42341-4Published: 22 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42339-1Published: 20 May 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 271

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Intellectual Studies, Political History, Cultural History

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