How I Became A Socialist
By (Author) William Morris
Introduction by Owen Hatherley
Verso Books
Verso Books
2nd February 2021
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Left-of-centre democratic ideologies
Social and political philosophy
Theory of art
335
Paperback
224
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 14mm
186g
William Morris is famous as a designer, poet and artist, but his work as a political thinker and activist is less well known. This collection, the first of his political writings published for nearly 50 years, shows Morris as one of the most original and inspiring socialist intellectuals of his generation. Covering essays and lectures ranging through the relation between art and politics, to his visions for a socialist society and his strident anti-imperialism, this is an essential volume which shows Morris as the engage and committed socialist that he was.
William Morris was a British textile designer, poet, novelist, translator, and socialist activist. Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement, he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production.