THE ORIGINS OF BRITISH SOCIALISM

Probing the Origins of British Romantic Science

Richard Holmes produces in this engaging book a vivid description of the Wild West nature of scientific knowledge at the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century, a period usefully described by Holmes as a time of " romantic science. " While romanticism is familiar to students of literature and art history, it is less well established as a helpful way of periodi...

The Origins of British Paediatric Hospitals

Marxism and the Spirit of Socialism: Cultural Origins of Anti-capitalism (1982)

Ignazio Silone, one of the founders of the Italian Communist Party, has written strikingly about the role of moral commitment in radical theory. ‘The more Socialist theories claim to be “scientifi c”’, he suggests, ‘the more transitory they are; but Socialist values are permanent. The distinction between theories and values is not suffi ciently recognized, but it is fundamental. On a group of t...

Sexual origins of British Aspergillus nidulans isolates.

Aspergillus nidulans is a holomorphic fungus, capable of producing both meiotically and mitotically derived spores. Meiosis may be an evolutionary relic in this species because it is potentially capable of mitotic recombination and because most Aspergilli lack the ability to produce meiotic spores. We tested the null hypothesis that meiosis has been a major factor in the origin of strains of A....

The Future of Socialism

Introduction The theoretical crisis facing Marxism, and the political crisis gripping the socialist movement internationally, is clearly grave. In marked contrast to the past few decades, where to be progressive was to be socialist and to be intellectual was to be left, we are entering a decade where socialism is in retreat and leftists are on the defensive. Indeed, some have concluded that to ...