I wasn't aware of the strong role of anti-semitism in JA Hobson's accounts of the Boer War and imperialism more broadly (set out by @dannythefink here)
Hobson among the most influential New Liberal, Fabian and left thinkers at the start of 20th centuryhttps://twitter.com/Dannythefink/status/1123262236200525826 …
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Adam WagnerGeverifieerd account @AdamWagner1You can find the whole of Hobson's Imperialism: A Study here http://files.libertyfund.org/files/127/0052_Bk.pdf … Here is a longer excerpt of the bit about the "men of a single and peculiar race" which concludes by mentioning the House of Rothschild (page 63-64) pic.twitter.com/NRdhMmFKSjDeze collectie tonen2 antwoorden 0 retweets 1 vind-ik-leukDeze collectie tonen -
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Sunder Katwala @sundersaysAls antwoord op @AdamWagner1Mostly, Hobson with Hobhouse are cited by social liberals, centrists as developing of New Liberal account of the 'enabling state' and an account of positive freedom. I've read or heard Nick Clegg, Jon Cruddas, Gordon Brown, David Marquand, Tristram Hunt among many others do that.1 antwoord 0 retweets 2 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen -
Cruddas on Green, Hobhouse & Hobson as "fleshed out" liberalism and "pioneers of the British tradition of ethical socialism" is a typical example of place in pantheon of ideas.https://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/09/labour-party-liberal-hardie …
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David Aaronovitch @DAaronovitchAls antwoord op @sundersays @b_judahThey’re not just casually anti-Semitic, those passages. They contain particular caricatures of Jews as infernal manipulators that to anyone living after 1945 are instantly recognisable as the stuff of nightmares. How anyone writing in 2011 could fail to see that is extraordinary.1 antwoord 1 retweet 2 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen -
Hobson, as key influence on CP Scott, is big figure in Guardian history, esp anti-war tradition begun in Boer War. His role in paper's debate on 1914 cited here. References tend to be laudatory. His antisemitism may be forgotten/not known.https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/02/sp-first-world-war-manchester-guardian-uk-neutrality …
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"Jeremy's own perfectly decent introductory essay" to 2011 edition of Hobson's Imperialism mentioned in Michael White 2015 Guardian piece, after a copy thrust into his hand at a Corbyn rally. "Its analysis will impress many. Others will shake their heads" https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/politics/blog/2015/sep/14/jeremy-corbyn-victory-were-visible-in-2008 …
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One Guardian piece in 2006 did note that that Hobson's Boer War reporting involved anti-semitic conspiracy theories https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2006/feb/07/southafrica.israel …
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Tristram Hunt @TristramHuntVAIt wld be reductive to categorise JA Hobson as only an anti-Semitic thinker. Like too many on the Left, he did make a racist & ugly alignment of ‘Jewish finance’ with imperialism. But he was also an important figure, worthy of study, within the 20th century liberal tradition.3 antwoorden 1 retweet 2 vind-ik-leuksDeze collectie tonen
If But was removed it'd make more sense
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