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  • The Rise of European Liberalism

    by Harold Laski ...
    Beginning with the new worlds of the Renaissance and the Reformation, this book traces the growth of liberal doctrine through the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relationship of liberalism to the emerging economic system of capitalism, and the impact of this relationship upon science, philosophy, and literature. Laski explains how the same causes which produced the socially active ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • The State in Theory and Practice

    by Harold Laski ...
    This timeless classic by Harold J. Laski explains the nature of the modern state by examining its characteristics, as revealed by its history. The State in Theory and Practice is a work that grows in significance, rather than dwindles over time. This is because, as Sidney A. Pearson, Jr. points out, Laski helped develop and expound the foundational arguments of the political left.After the ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • The State of Scholarly Publishing

    Challenges and Opportunities

    by Harold Laski ...
    For decades, university presses and other scholarly and professional publishers in the United States played a pivotal role in the transmission of scholarly knowledge. Their books and journals became the "gold standard" in many academic fields for tenure, promotion, and merit pay. Their basic business model was successful, since this diverse collection of presses had a unique value proposition. ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time

    by Harold Laski ...
    Harold J. Laski saw World War Two as a period of revolutionary change as profound as any in the modern history of the human race. In his view, the period's inner nature was as significant in its essentials as those which saw the fall of the Roman Empire; the birth in the Reformation of capitalist society; or, as in 1789, the final chapter in the dramatic rise of the middle class to power. All of ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Victory or Vested Interest?

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: WW2
    This book, first published in 1942, covers the whole field of wartime life and organization. Is the private ownership and control of industry holding up production? Are the burdens of war being shared equally by the whole community? How can individual liberty be reconciled with maximum efficiency? Are women taking their rightful share in the national effort? Does our literature and art reflect the ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham

    Enriched edition. Tracing the Evolution of Liberal Thought in England's Enlightenment Era

    In "Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham," Harold J. Laski embarks on a profound exploration of the evolution of political philosophy in England from the Enlightenment to the early 19th century. Laski's incisive analysis weaves together the ideas of seminal thinkers such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jeremy Bentham, examining their contributions within the broader historical and ... Read more

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  • Communist Manifesto (Works of Harold J. Laski)

    Socialist Landmark

    Series series The Works of Harold J. Laski
    To mark the centenary of its first publication in 1848, the Labour Party issued this important special edition of the Communist Manifesto. In his (then) new historical introduction, Harold Laski discussed the authors of the Manifesto, their background and the development of their ideas. He outlined the history of the CommunistLeague, the struggles of the different sects and the emergence of Marx ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Karl Marx: An Essay (Unabridged)

    Narrated by Jimmie Vanhamlin ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 2 min

    Born in Manchester in 1893, Harold Laski was a leading figure in the left-wing of British socialism in the first half of the 20th century. An executive member of the Fabian Society and member of the Socialist League faction of the Labour Party, he was party chairman in 1945-6. As a professor at the London School of Economics he influenced a number of prominent politicians of the post-war years, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The American Presidency

    An Interpretation

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First Published in 1940, The American Presidency is the first full length study of the presidency in action in America to be written by an Englishman. It explains the working of the complicated system over which the President presides and particularly the vexed question of the dual control of foreign relations in the United States. Professor Laski offers a new theory of the place of the presidency ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • An Introduction to Politics (Works of Harold J. Laski)

    Series series The Works of Harold J. Laski
    This volume distils the themes expounded in A Grammar of Politics for the non-specialist reader. It is the best outline of Laski’s views in his transitional period. ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Danger of Being a Gentleman (Works of Harold J. Laski)

    And Other Essays

    Series series The Works of Harold J. Laski
    An excellent and entertaining essayist, Laski’s volume deals with the issues of politics and law in Europe and American during the 1920s and 30s. It is unified by the concpetion of democracy as a society of equals sharing in a common good. ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Rise of European Liberalism (Works of Harold J. Laski)

    An Essay in Interpretation

    Series series The Works of Harold J. Laski
    A valuable piece of intellectual history, readable in its own terms, this volume, beginning with the Renaissance and the Reformation, traces the growth of Liberal doctrine until the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relation of Liberalism to the new economic system, and the impact of this upon science, philosophy and literature. The book explains how the same causes which produced the ... Read more

    $57.99 USD