Casualties of History: The Kingdom Within
We cover chapters one and two — "Members Unlimited" and "Christian Apollyon" — on this week's episode. Rachel Foxley, a professor of history at the University of Reading and author of The Levellers: Radical Political Thought in the English Revolution,
April 17, 2020
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Casualties of History: The Kingdom Within
Summary
<p>We cover chapters one and two <span>— "Members Unlimited" and "Christian Apollyon" </span><span>—</span> on this week's episode. Rachel Foxley, a professor of history at the University of Reading and author of <i>The Levellers: Radical Political Thought in the English Revolution</i>, joins us to talk about the English Revolution.</p>
<p>Secondary Reading:</p>
<p>Rachel Foxley, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Levellers-Political-Revolution-Politics-Hardcover/dp/0719089360" rel="nofollow">The Levellers</a></i> (Manchester University Press, 2013).</p>
<p>Christopher Hill, <i><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/540816/the-experience-of-defeat-by-christopher-hill/9781784786694" rel="nofollow">The Experience of Defeat</a></i>(Verso, 2017).</p>
<p>Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker, <i><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/1128-the-many-headed-hydra" rel="nofollow">The Many-Headed Hydra</a></i>(Verso, 2014).</p>
<p>CB Macpherson, <i><a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-political-theory-of-possessive-individualism-9780195444018?cc=us&lang=en&" rel="nofollow">The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism</a></i> (Oxford University Press, 2011).</p>
<p>Barrington Moore, Jr., <i><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/203997/social-origins-of-dictatorship-and-democracy-by-barrington-moore-jr/" rel="nofollow">Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy</a> (</i>Beacon Press, 1993).</p>
<p>Ellen Meiksins Wood, <i><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/political-theory/democracy-against-capitalism-renewing-historical-materialism?format=PB" rel="nofollow">Democracy Against Capitalism</a></i>(Cambridge University Press, 1995).</p>
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