Christopher Caudwell: a critical evaluation

MacDonald, Keith 2005. Christopher Caudwell: a critical evaluation. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

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Abstract

Therefore this thesis is an appraisal of Caudwell as a committed revolutionary thinker, a Marxist aesthetician and a scientifically-oriented dialectical materialist; a man deeply influenced by the great theorists of Marxism, especially Engels and Lenin, but also Freud, Jung and Jane Harrison and F.M. Cornford of the 'Cambridge School' of Anthropology and others not within the Marxist canon, giving strength to his exploration into the human condition and his quest for a unified Weltanshauung

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2016 23:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/55411

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