IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/h/pal/palchp/978-1-349-23213-0_3.html
   My bibliography  Save this book chapter

Hobson and the Socialist Tradition

In: J. A. Hobson after Fifty Years

Author

Listed:
  • Jules Townshend

Abstract

The overall objective of this chapter is to get a better ‘fix’ on the ‘spirit of Hobson’ — the meaning and character of his thought. This may help us to understand more clearly Hobson’s historical and contemporary significance — indeed why he is worth commemorating! First, I deal with two interpretations, one in effect emphasising his socialist (non-Marxist) credentials, the other firmly locating Hobson within the liberal tradition. Second, I will attempt to show that both these perspectives misunderstand either the nature or the trajectory of the Hobsonian project. Third, I shall indicate a number of its inherent weaknesses. Finally, I will argue that Hobson, as an important contributor to the socialist tradition, has a contemporary resonance for socialists faced with the challenge of neo-liberal ideology, both Eastern and Western.

Suggested Citation

  • Jules Townshend, 1994. "Hobson and the Socialist Tradition," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: John Pheby (ed.), J. A. Hobson after Fifty Years, chapter 3, pages 34-52, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-23213-0_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-23213-0_3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. To find whether it is available, there are three options:
    1. Check below whether another version of this item is available online.
    2. Check on the provider's web page whether it is in fact available.
    3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be available.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-23213-0_3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.palgrave.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.