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The Fatal Lure of Politics: The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe (Biography)

Terry Irving

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Description:Renowned Australian-born archaeologist and prehistorian Vere Gordon Childe (1892–1957) had a lifelong fascination with socialist politics. In his early life he was active in the Australian labour movement and wrote How Labour Governs (1923), the world's first study of parliamentary socialism. However, he decided to pursue a life of scholarship to 'escape the fatal lure' of politics and Australian labour's 'politicalism'—his term for its misguided emphasis on parliamentary representation.In Britain, with the publication of The Dawn of European Civilisation (1925), Childe began a career that would establish him as preeminent in his field and one of the most distinguished scholars of the mid-twentieth century. At the same time, he aimed to 'democratise archaeology' and involve people in its practice. What Happened in History (1942), his most popular book, sold 300,000 copies in its first fifteen years.Politics continued to lure Childe, and for forty years he was spied upon by the security services of Britain and Australia. He supported Russia's 'grand and hopeful experiment' and opposed the rise of fascism. His Australian background reinforced his hatred of colonialism and imperialism. There is a direct line between Childe's early radicalism and his final—and fatal—political act in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.The Fatal Lure of Politics is a new and radically different biography about the central place of socialist politics in Childe's life, and his contribution to the theory of history that this politics entailed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fatal Lure of Politics: The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe (Biography). To get started finding The Fatal Lure of Politics: The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe (Biography), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 418

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

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Release: 2020

ISBN: 192583574X

Description: Renowned Australian-born archaeologist and prehistorian Vere Gordon Childe (1892–1957) had a lifelong fascination with socialist politics. In his early life he was active in the Australian labour movement and wrote How Labour Governs (1923), the world's first study of parliamentary socialism. However, he decided to pursue a life of scholarship to 'escape the fatal lure' of politics and Australian labour's 'politicalism'—his term for its misguided emphasis on parliamentary representation.In Britain, with the publication of The Dawn of European Civilisation (1925), Childe began a career that would establish him as preeminent in his field and one of the most distinguished scholars of the mid-twentieth century. At the same time, he aimed to 'democratise archaeology' and involve people in its practice. What Happened in History (1942), his most popular book, sold 300,000 copies in its first fifteen years.Politics continued to lure Childe, and for forty years he was spied upon by the security services of Britain and Australia. He supported Russia's 'grand and hopeful experiment' and opposed the rise of fascism. His Australian background reinforced his hatred of colonialism and imperialism. There is a direct line between Childe's early radicalism and his final—and fatal—political act in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.The Fatal Lure of Politics is a new and radically different biography about the central place of socialist politics in Childe's life, and his contribution to the theory of history that this politics entailed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Fatal Lure of Politics: The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe (Biography). To get started finding The Fatal Lure of Politics: The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe (Biography), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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