E.p. thompson history from below pdf
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E. P. Thompson: A Life of Struggle
Long little known in France, the work of English historian E. P. Thompson has now gained significant recognition, as reflected in recent translations and publications. [1] A major figure of British historiography and an insatiable activist, Thompson developed an original body of work while simultaneously waging virulent political battles. His influence rapidly reached beyond the mere world of historians: By renewing the study of social classes and the law, by placing actors and their experience at the heart of his thinking, and by exploring the roots of capitalism and popular resistance in original ways, he left his mark on the social sciences of the second half of the twentieth century. Though he was the object of intense criticism during his lifetime, he has been repeatedly canonized since his death in 1993. A look back at the trajectory and commitments of one of the great intellectual figures of the twentieth century is therefore essential.
The “Decade of Heroes”
Thompson was born into a cosmopoli
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E. P. Thompson
English historian & activist (1924–1993)
Not to be confused with E. A. Thompson.
Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is best known for his historical work on the radical movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class (1963).[1]
In 1966, Thompson coined the term "history from below" to describe his approach to social history, which became one of the most consequential developments within the global history discipline.[2] History from below arose from the Communist Party Historians Group and its work to popularise historical materialism.[3] Thompson's work is considered by some to have been among the most important contributions to social history in the latter twentieth-century, with a global impact, including on scholarship in Asia and Africa.[4] In a 2011 poll by History Today magazine, he was named the second most important historian of the previous 60 years, be
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Thompson, Edward Palmer (1924–1993)
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A leading figure in post-war British social history, Thompson's advocacy of a history from below, as well as less determinist view of class than adopted hitherto by orthodox Marxists, had a big influence on the development of the discipline.
- Forenames:
- Edward Palmer
- Surname:
- Thompson
- Dates:
- 1924–1993
- Institutions:
- Communist Party Historians Group (now the Socialist History Society)
European Nuclear Disarmament
New Left Review
University of Leeds (Extra-Mural Department)
University of Warwick (Centre for the Study of Social History) - Influences:
- Torr, Dona
- Contemporaries:
- Barraclough, Geoffrey
Finley, Moses
Hall, Stuart
Hill, Christopher
Hobsbawm, Eric J.
Saville, John
Thomas, Keith
Thompson, Dorothy
Williams, Raymond - Influenced:
- Genovese, Eugene
Gutman, Herbert
Montgomery, David
Prothero, Iowerth
Stedman Jones, Gareth - Themes:
- Economic history
History from below
Labour history
Marxist history
Social history - Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Histori
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