We cover Chapter Five, but first have an extensive discussion of the debate between Thompson and Perry Anderson and Tom Nairn over the history of social class and economic development in England, with sociologist Jonah Stuart-Brundage. What should we make of liberalism in England at the end of the eighteenth century and what it meant for the prospects of revolution?
Secondary readings:
Perry Anderson, “Origins of the Present Crisis” https://newleftreview.org/<wbr />issues/I23/articles/perry-<wbr />anderson-origins-of-the-<wbr />present-crisis
Perry Anderson, “Socialism and Pseudo-Empiricism,” https://newleftreview.org/<wbr />issues/I35/articles/perry-<wbr />anderson-socialism-and-pseudo-<wbr />empiricism
Arno Mayer, The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War https://www.versobooks.com/<wbr />books/475-the-persistence-of-<wbr />the-old-regime
Tom Nairn, “The British Political Elite” https://newleftreview.org/<wbr />issues/I23/articles/tom-nairn-<wbr />the-british-political-elite
Tom Nairn, “The British Working Class” https://newleftreview.org/<wbr />issues/I24/articles/tom-nairn-<wbr />the-english-working-class
Tom Nairn, “The Anatomy of the Labour Party: Part I” https://newleftreview.org/<wbr />issues/I27/articles/tom-nairn-<wbr />the-nature-of-the-labour-<wbr />party-part-i
Tom Nairn, “The Anatomy of the Labour Party: Part II” https://newleftreview.org/<wbr />issues/I28/articles/tom-nairn-<wbr />the-nature-of-the-labour-<wbr />party-part-ii
E.P. Thompson, “The Peculiarities of the English” https://www.marxists.org/<wbr />archive/thompson-ep/1965/<wbr />english.htm#n1