Demagogues and Martyrs

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        Thompson, E. (1963).  Demagogues and Martyrs. In Thompson, E. The Making of the English Working Class. Vintage Books, pp. 603-710

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The demagogue is a bad or ineffectual leader. Hunt voiced, not principle nor even well-formulated Radical strategy, but the emotions of the movement. Striving always to say whatever would provoke the loudest cheer, he was not the leader but the captive of the least stable portion of the crowd. [...]

chuckled at this

—p.630 by E.P. Thompson 2 months, 1 week ago

The demagogue is a bad or ineffectual leader. Hunt voiced, not principle nor even well-formulated Radical strategy, but the emotions of the movement. Striving always to say whatever would provoke the loudest cheer, he was not the leader but the captive of the least stable portion of the crowd. [...]

chuckled at this

—p.630 by E.P. Thompson 2 months, 1 week ago

(verb) writhe toss / (verb) wallow / (verb) to rise and fall or toss about in or with waves / (verb) to become deeply sunk, soaked, or involved / (verb) to be in turmoil / (noun) a state of wild disorder; turmoil / (noun) a chaotic mass or jumble

647

when the Manchester movement was beginning to break up in a welter of personal disputes and warring factions

—p.647 by E.P. Thompson

notable

2 months, 1 week ago

when the Manchester movement was beginning to break up in a welter of personal disputes and warring factions

—p.647 by E.P. Thompson

notable

2 months, 1 week ago

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson

The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson