Capitalism's Conscience
200 Years of the Guardian
$65.18
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
19 April 2021
Summary
‘A lively and well-researched history and critique’ - Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian
Since its inception in Manchester in 1821 as a response to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre, the Guardian has been a key institution in the definition and development of liberalism. The stereotype of the ‘Guardianista’, an environmentally-conscious, Labour-voting, progressively-minded public sector worker endures in the popular mythology of British pre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780745343341 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0745343341 |
| Author: | Des Freedman |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 19 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 342g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 135mm |
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Critics Review
‘Fascinating and timely’ - Angela McRobbie, Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London
‘A lively and well-researched history and critique of Britain’s best newspaper, exposing the ideological contradictions and editorial tensions which generally keep the ‘Guardian’ allied to a soft liberalism but shies away from radical or socialist answers to capitalism’s recurring crises’
– Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the ‘Guardian’‘Fascinating and timely’
– Angela McRobbie, Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London‘A page turner - reveals the liberal establishment in all its ingloriousness, sprinkled with a few moments of integrity’
– Beverley Skeggs, Professor, Sociology, Lancaster University‘Liberalism typically champions particular campaigns for social justice but distances itself from challenges to the state and economy that produces these injustices. At last a book which reveals this serious problem. A must read for all Guardian readers!’
– Hilary Wainwright, Founding Editor of ‘Red Pepper’ and author of ‘A New Politics From the Left’ (Polity Press, 2018)‘A forceful intervention’
– ‘LSE Review of Books’About The Author
Des Freedman
Des Freedman is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London and an editor of the journal Global Media and Communication. He is the co-editor of The Assault on Universities (Pluto, 2011), and author of The Politics of Media Policy (Polity, 2008), Television Policies of the Labour Party (Routledge, 2003) and War and the Media (Sage, 2003).
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