British Marxism and Cultural Studies

Philip Bounds holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Wales and has published widely on the intellectual history of the British left. His books include Orwell and Marxism, British Communism and the Politics of Literature and Notes from the End of History.David Berry is Senior Lecturer in Media, Communication and Culture at Southampton Solent University, UK, and the author of The Romanian Mass Media and Cultural Development; and Journalism, Ethics and Society. He is co-editor of Public Policy and the Media and editor of Revisiting the Frankfurt School.

• Notes on ContributorsIntroduction: Notes on a Living Tradition, (Philip Bounds)1. Science, Art and Dissent: Jack Lindsay and the Communist Theory of Culture, (Philip Bounds) 2. The New Left and the Emergence of Cultural Studies, (Alan O'Connor)3. Dialectics and the Fate of the Creative Individual: C.L.R. James, (David Berry)4. From Folk to Jazz: Eric Hobsbawm, British Communism and Cultural Studies, (Philip Bounds)5. The Gramscian Turn in British Cultural Studies: From the Birmingham School to Cultural Populism, (Steven Jones)6. Blind Spots: Re-reading Althusser and Lacan in Cultural Studies, (Jason Barker)7. Profit and Power: British Marxists on the Political Economy of the Media, (Enda Brophy and Vincent Mosco)8. Them and Us in Contemporary Cultural Studies: Julian Stallabrass, Mike Wayne, Ben Watson, (David Renton) Index

’A wide-ranging and bracing account of how various Marxisms have frequently formed the cutting edge of Cultural Studies in Britain. Diverse but thematically coherent, the collection impressively combines analysis of overlooked figures with robust revisionism and sharp readings of more recent formations. Required reading for anyone interested in the past and future of Marxism in Britain.’ Ben Harker, University of Manchester UK; author of Class Act: The Cultural and Political UK Life of Ewan MacColl and co-editor of British Communism: A Documentary History ’The great strength of this book is not only that it shows Marxism to be alive and well in cultural studies but also that it has contributed to the field for far longer than is often supposed. This is by no means simply a history of the ways in which Marxism and cultural studies have long intertwined but it is also an incisive and combative intervention in the field of cultural studies today.’ Julian Petley, Brunel University London, UK