Anarchist Seeds Beneath the Snow: Left-Libertarian Thought and British Writers from William Morris to Colin Ward

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface to the new edition; 1 Introduction; 2 Anarchism and libertarian socialism in Britain: William Morris and the background, 1880-1920; 3 Edward Carpenter; 4 Oscar Wilde; 5 John Cowper Powys I: His life-philosophy and individualist anarchism; 6 The Spanish Revolution and Civil War -- and the case of George Orwell; 7 John Cowper Powys II: The impact of Emma Goldman and Spain; 8 Herbert Read; 9 War and pacifism; 10 Aldous Huxley; 11 Alex Comfort; 12 Nuclear disarmament, the New Left -- and the case of E.P. Thompson.;From William Morris to Oscar Wilde and George Orwell, left-libertarian thought has long been an important but neglected part of British cultural and political history. In this detailed study, David Goodway seeks to recover and revitalize that indigenous anarchist tradition. This book succeeds as both a cultural history of left-libertarian thought in Britain and an application of that history to current politics. The author argues that a recovered anarchist tradition could--and should--be a touchstone for contemporary political radicals. Moving seamlessly from Aldous Huxley and Colin Ward to the.