This is My Truth: Aneurin Bevan in Tribune
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
This is My Truth: Aneurin Bevan in Tribune
By (Author) Nye Davies
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
25th May 2023
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Social classes
Left-of-centre democratic ideologies
Political structures: democracy
941.082092
Physical Properties
Paperback
328
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
The first edited collection of NHS founder Aneurin Bevans writings in Tribune.
Aneurin Bevan (18971960) is a revered figure in Welsh and British politics, celebrated for his role as the founder of the National Health Service. As a result, Bevan is continuously invoked, quoted, and praised for his principles. However, Bevan was not only a significant politician but also a prolific writer, contributing extensively to the socialist magazine Tribune from its founding in 1937 until his death in 1960. This is My Truth represents the first collection of these writings. Beginning with an introduction that charts Bevans career and legacy, the collection showcases Bevans analysis of class conflict, capitalism, democracy, and democratic socialism. It provides readers with the opportunity to read Bevan in his own words and to reflect on a figure who remains a source of inspiration and controversy today.
Reviews
"Bevan is a statesman of the past who is of central relevance to our present. The founding principle of his National Health Service--treatment based on medical need, not the ability to pay--is still improving the lives of millions more than seven decades after its creation. Expertly edited by Nye Davies, this collection of articles from Tribune is useful not only for students of Bevan's remarkable life, but for all those who seek to understand the course of post-war British politics."
--Nick Thomas-Symonds, MP for Torfaen, Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade
"In This is My Truth, Bevan uses such forensic language to probe and test all manner of subjects, from capitalist society through class conflict to the centrality of Government, along the way pausing to express his anger at what Nye Davies describes as 'the pernicious effects of the poverty and the exploitation he fought against throughout his life.'"-- "Nation.Cymru"
Author Bio
Nye Davies is a lecturer in politics at Cardiff University.
