ABSTRACT

John A. Hobson is widely recognised as the most important British New Liberal thinker of politics and political economy of the twentieth century. The Selected Writings of John A. Hobson showcases an exciting and previously unpublished collection of Hobson's writings and lectures from 1932-1938 that Hobson presented at the South Place Ethical Society in the last decade of his life.

The lectures and the introduction produce a fresh reading of Hobson’s thinking and theorization of International Relations, thereby revealing a much more complex thinker than has conventionally been understood. Edited by Colin Tyler, a framing introduction written by the author’s great grandson, John M. Hobson situates these lectures in the context of his life-work on International Relations between 1897 and 1940.

Selected Writings of John A. Hobson 1932-1938 is an essential read for all Hobson scholars and students and scholars of globalization and political economy.

part |78 pages

Introduction John A. Hobson, The International Man

chapter |14 pages

Second Session. Reimagining Imperialism

A Cobdenite ‘Versus' a Radical Hobson?

chapter |19 pages

Third Session. Beyond Economic Reductionism I

The Political and Discursive Tap-Roots of Imperialism

chapter |18 pages

Fourth Session. Beyond Economic Reductionism II

Constructing the International Mind

chapter |19 pages

Fifth Session. The Struggle for The International Mind

The South Place Ethical Society Lectures, 1932–1938

part |138 pages

The South Place Ethical Society Lectures and Related Writings, 1932–1938

chapter |10 pages

Remaking the World 1

(July 1932)

chapter |11 pages

Is World Government Possible? 1

(December 1932)

chapter |10 pages

Our Selves 1

(19 March 1933)

chapter |10 pages

The Will to Power

(30 April 1933) 1

chapter |11 pages

The Popular Mind 1

(28 May 1933)

chapter |9 pages

The Causes of War 1

(30 June 1935)

chapter |9 pages

Thoughts on Our Present Discontents 1

(1937–38)

chapter |56 pages

The Sense of Responsibility 1

(1938)