F.M.L. Thompson (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780197262788
- eISBN:
- 9780191754210
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197262788.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
The twenty-one scholars whose obituaries are published in this book were Fellows of the British Academy (FBA) and were outstanding in their fields. The Fellows remembered for their academic ...
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The twenty-one scholars whose obituaries are published in this book were Fellows of the British Academy (FBA) and were outstanding in their fields. The Fellows remembered for their academic achievements and leadership are: Elizabeth Anscombe, Anthony Baines, Charles Boxer, Kenneth Cameron, Francis Carsten, John Chadwick, Donald Coleman, Robert Cook, Terry Coppock, Francis Haskell, Martin Hollis, John Kent, Stephan Körner, Donald McKenzie, Kathleen Major, Michael Roberts, Robert Robins, Alan Tyson, John Varey, Glanville Williams and Vincent Wright. Also included is a chapter on James Bryce, President of the British Academy 1913–17.Less
The twenty-one scholars whose obituaries are published in this book were Fellows of the British Academy (FBA) and were outstanding in their fields. The Fellows remembered for their academic achievements and leadership are: Elizabeth Anscombe, Anthony Baines, Charles Boxer, Kenneth Cameron, Francis Carsten, John Chadwick, Donald Coleman, Robert Cook, Terry Coppock, Francis Haskell, Martin Hollis, John Kent, Stephan Körner, Donald McKenzie, Kathleen Major, Michael Roberts, Robert Robins, Alan Tyson, John Varey, Glanville Williams and Vincent Wright. Also included is a chapter on James Bryce, President of the British Academy 1913–17.
P. J. Marshall (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263938
- eISBN:
- 9780191734236
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263938.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains nineteen obituaries of recently deceased ...
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This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains nineteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. The scholars are: W S Allen, George Anderson, A C de la Mare, John Flemming, Patrick Gardiner, James Harris, John Hurst, Casimir Lewy, Donald MacDougall, Colin Matthew, Edward Miller, Michio Morishima, Brian Reddaway, Marjorie Reeves, C Martin Robertson, Conrad Russell, Arnold Taylor, Kathleen Tillotson, and Glanmor Williams.Less
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains nineteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. The scholars are: W S Allen, George Anderson, A C de la Mare, John Flemming, Patrick Gardiner, James Harris, John Hurst, Casimir Lewy, Donald MacDougall, Colin Matthew, Edward Miller, Michio Morishima, Brian Reddaway, Marjorie Reeves, C Martin Robertson, Conrad Russell, Arnold Taylor, Kathleen Tillotson, and Glanmor Williams.
Ron Johnston (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264751
- eISBN:
- 9780191734229
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264751.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume contains sixteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. Obituaries of the ...
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This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume contains sixteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. Obituaries of the following scholars are included: Brian Barry; Michael Baxandall; Robert Black; Henry Chadwick; Nicolas Coldstream; Howard Colvin; Mary Douglas; Robin Du Boulay; Alan Everitt; Robert Latham; Geoffrey Lewis; Laurence Picken; Thomas Puttfarken; Karen Spärck Jones; Christopher Stead; and Denis Twitchett.Less
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume contains sixteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. Obituaries of the following scholars are included: Brian Barry; Michael Baxandall; Robert Black; Henry Chadwick; Nicolas Coldstream; Howard Colvin; Mary Douglas; Robin Du Boulay; Alan Everitt; Robert Latham; Geoffrey Lewis; Laurence Picken; Thomas Puttfarken; Karen Spärck Jones; Christopher Stead; and Denis Twitchett.
P. J. Marshall (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264232
- eISBN:
- 9780191734243
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264232.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains sixteen obituaries of recently deceased ...
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This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains sixteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy: Peter Birks; William Frend; John Gallagher; Philip Grierson; Stuart Hampshire; William McKane; Sir Malcolm Pasley; Ben Pimlott; Robert Pring-Mill; John Stevens; Peter Strawson; Hugh Trevor-Roper; Sir William Wade; Alan Williams; Sir Bernard Williams; and John Wymer.Less
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains sixteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy: Peter Birks; William Frend; John Gallagher; Philip Grierson; Stuart Hampshire; William McKane; Sir Malcolm Pasley; Ben Pimlott; Robert Pring-Mill; John Stevens; Peter Strawson; Hugh Trevor-Roper; Sir William Wade; Alan Williams; Sir Bernard Williams; and John Wymer.
Ron Johnston (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197264348
- eISBN:
- 9780191734250
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197264348.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume contains seventeen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. They are: Shackleton ...
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This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume contains seventeen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. They are: Shackleton Bailey, James Barr, William Beasley, Lord Blake, Julian Budden, Lord Bullock, Robert Carson, Laurence Cohen, Charles Feinstein, Henry Gifford, Peter Holt, Emrys Jones, Robert Megarry, Edward Oates, Maurice Wiles, Brian Woledge, and Austin Woolrych.Less
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume contains seventeen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy. They are: Shackleton Bailey, James Barr, William Beasley, Lord Blake, Julian Budden, Lord Bullock, Robert Carson, Laurence Cohen, Charles Feinstein, Henry Gifford, Peter Holt, Emrys Jones, Robert Megarry, Edward Oates, Maurice Wiles, Brian Woledge, and Austin Woolrych.
P. J. Marshall (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263020
- eISBN:
- 9780191734199
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263020.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains twenty-five obituaries of recently deceased ...
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This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains twenty-five obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy, including Michael Podro on Ernst Gombrich.Less
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains twenty-five obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy, including Michael Podro on Ernst Gombrich.
P. J. Marshall (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263204
- eISBN:
- 9780191734205
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263204.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains nineteen obituaries of recently deceased ...
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This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains nineteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy.Less
This series features studies of the lives and works of some of Britain's foremost scholars. This volume of the Proceedings of the British Academy contains nineteen obituaries of recently deceased Fellows of the Academy.
Helena Waddy
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195371277
- eISBN:
- 9780199777341
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195371277.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
A local resistance group named after a rare Alpine bird opens Chapter Eight. Oberammergau’s forestry chief led this effort at peaceful surrender to the occupying Americans who brought a harsh postwar ...
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A local resistance group named after a rare Alpine bird opens Chapter Eight. Oberammergau’s forestry chief led this effort at peaceful surrender to the occupying Americans who brought a harsh postwar environment to a village population swollen by refugees from Germany’s lost eastern provinces and expelled ethnic Germans. All adults were subject to denazification procedures that attempted to sort out the guilty from the innocent, although most local Nazis were lightly punished as fellow travelers. The denazified villagers included Raimund Lang, who returned as mayor after a controversial local election. Village-level democracy had resumed early in 1946 while, gradually, regional and state-level democratic structures revived in their turn. Once the Federal Republic was established in 1949, Lang could lead preparations for a 1950 Passion Play season. The community had seemingly returned to normal life but the reprieve was short-lived; the shadow of their Nazi past would not disappear.Less
A local resistance group named after a rare Alpine bird opens Chapter Eight. Oberammergau’s forestry chief led this effort at peaceful surrender to the occupying Americans who brought a harsh postwar environment to a village population swollen by refugees from Germany’s lost eastern provinces and expelled ethnic Germans. All adults were subject to denazification procedures that attempted to sort out the guilty from the innocent, although most local Nazis were lightly punished as fellow travelers. The denazified villagers included Raimund Lang, who returned as mayor after a controversial local election. Village-level democracy had resumed early in 1946 while, gradually, regional and state-level democratic structures revived in their turn. Once the Federal Republic was established in 1949, Lang could lead preparations for a 1950 Passion Play season. The community had seemingly returned to normal life but the reprieve was short-lived; the shadow of their Nazi past would not disappear.
David Luscombe
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263051
- eISBN:
- 9780191734090
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263051.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
This chapter discusses the contributions that were made by former Fellows of the Academy to the study of the medieval church. It states that the history of the medieval church is inseparable from the ...
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This chapter discusses the contributions that were made by former Fellows of the Academy to the study of the medieval church. It states that the history of the medieval church is inseparable from the general history of the Middle Ages, since the church shaped society and society shaped the church. The chapter determines that no hard and fast distinction can always be made between the works by ecclesiastical historians during the twentieth century, and the contributions made to general history by other historians.Less
This chapter discusses the contributions that were made by former Fellows of the Academy to the study of the medieval church. It states that the history of the medieval church is inseparable from the general history of the Middle Ages, since the church shaped society and society shaped the church. The chapter determines that no hard and fast distinction can always be made between the works by ecclesiastical historians during the twentieth century, and the contributions made to general history by other historians.
Steven Huebner
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195189544
- eISBN:
- 9780199868476
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195189544.003.0027
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
This chapter begins with a discussion of thief, counterfeiter, murderer, and anarchist. Ravachol, who was responsible for bombing a building on the boulevard Saint-Germain on 11 Mar 1892 and ...
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This chapter begins with a discussion of thief, counterfeiter, murderer, and anarchist. Ravachol, who was responsible for bombing a building on the boulevard Saint-Germain on 11 Mar 1892 and targeting French advocate general Bulot two weeks later. The chapter then discusses French anarchism in the 1890s as a variegated social and cultural phenomenon. It is argued that the theory that unbridled individualism in an egalitarian society posed no serious threat struck a responsive chord in some writers and artists. Anarchist thinking was at once high-minded enough and sufficiently vague as to how the golden age would be implemented to harmonize well with wide-ranging aesthetic tendencies.Less
This chapter begins with a discussion of thief, counterfeiter, murderer, and anarchist. Ravachol, who was responsible for bombing a building on the boulevard Saint-Germain on 11 Mar 1892 and targeting French advocate general Bulot two weeks later. The chapter then discusses French anarchism in the 1890s as a variegated social and cultural phenomenon. It is argued that the theory that unbridled individualism in an egalitarian society posed no serious threat struck a responsive chord in some writers and artists. Anarchist thinking was at once high-minded enough and sufficiently vague as to how the golden age would be implemented to harmonize well with wide-ranging aesthetic tendencies.
Jenny Teichman
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780197262788
- eISBN:
- 9780191754210
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197262788.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
Elizabeth Anscombe, Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was a philosopher who worked at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Her ...
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Elizabeth Anscombe, Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was a philosopher who worked at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Her published works include Intention (1957, 1963, 2000) and An Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus (1959). Obituary by Jenny Teichman.Less
Elizabeth Anscombe, Fellow of the British Academy and an Honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was a philosopher who worked at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Her published works include Intention (1957, 1963, 2000) and An Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus (1959). Obituary by Jenny Teichman.
John M. Giggie
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195304039
- eISBN:
- 9780199866885
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304039.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century, History of Religion
This chapter studies how Delta blacks expanded the organizational basis of their religion during the late 1800s by integrating dimensions of African American fraternal culture into their spiritual ...
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This chapter studies how Delta blacks expanded the organizational basis of their religion during the late 1800s by integrating dimensions of African American fraternal culture into their spiritual lives. Thousands of Delta black men joined the Masons, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias in order to tap into their health and burial insurances, employment opportunities, social functions, and ritual life. The popularity of these secret societies, however, angered many churchgoers. Black women complained that fraternal orders represented a new black civic culture open only to men. Many clerics feared a loss of financial support and moral authority as their male congregants devoted much of their time and money to local fraternal orders. Conflict died down by 1900, though, as fraternal leaders openly stressed subservience to churches in spiritual matters and some lodges fell into financial ruin. But churches changed, too. In a bid to boost their popular appeal, churches began to incorporate the most salient and attractive features of fraternal life, such as life and burial insurance, while most women and preachers grudgingly accepted the role of lodges as a new and legitimate source of African American religious life.Less
This chapter studies how Delta blacks expanded the organizational basis of their religion during the late 1800s by integrating dimensions of African American fraternal culture into their spiritual lives. Thousands of Delta black men joined the Masons, Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias in order to tap into their health and burial insurances, employment opportunities, social functions, and ritual life. The popularity of these secret societies, however, angered many churchgoers. Black women complained that fraternal orders represented a new black civic culture open only to men. Many clerics feared a loss of financial support and moral authority as their male congregants devoted much of their time and money to local fraternal orders. Conflict died down by 1900, though, as fraternal leaders openly stressed subservience to churches in spiritual matters and some lodges fell into financial ruin. But churches changed, too. In a bid to boost their popular appeal, churches began to incorporate the most salient and attractive features of fraternal life, such as life and burial insurance, while most women and preachers grudgingly accepted the role of lodges as a new and legitimate source of African American religious life.
Anthony Snodgrass
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263020
- eISBN:
- 9780191734199
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263020.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
Nick Hammond stands in a class of his own among Fellows of the Academy. His scholarly achievement was shaped by many untypical factors. His lifelong devotion to education, in every sense and at every ...
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Nick Hammond stands in a class of his own among Fellows of the Academy. His scholarly achievement was shaped by many untypical factors. His lifelong devotion to education, in every sense and at every level from the secondary onwards, gave it an unusual direction: until late in his life, much of his research had been driven by his teaching. His boldness in venturing into widely diverse branches of Classics, together with his intensely personal view of the activity of research, is reflected in his own unclassifiable status; the fact that he had had no formal research supervisor of his own, nor was later in a position to attract a large following of research pupils, accentuated this. With little doubt, his best work was to be found in the fields where not only his exhaustive knowledge of the ancient sources, but also his personal virtues and experiences had full rein: the volume on Epirus, the trilogy on Macedonia, and the best of his battle-reconstructions where he had walked over the landscape.Less
Nick Hammond stands in a class of his own among Fellows of the Academy. His scholarly achievement was shaped by many untypical factors. His lifelong devotion to education, in every sense and at every level from the secondary onwards, gave it an unusual direction: until late in his life, much of his research had been driven by his teaching. His boldness in venturing into widely diverse branches of Classics, together with his intensely personal view of the activity of research, is reflected in his own unclassifiable status; the fact that he had had no formal research supervisor of his own, nor was later in a position to attract a large following of research pupils, accentuated this. With little doubt, his best work was to be found in the fields where not only his exhaustive knowledge of the ancient sources, but also his personal virtues and experiences had full rein: the volume on Epirus, the trilogy on Macedonia, and the best of his battle-reconstructions where he had walked over the landscape.
Michael David-Fox
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199794577
- eISBN:
- 9780199932245
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794577.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter gives new documentation and interpretation of the Soviet visits of the leading fellow-travelers in the 1930s, including George Bernard Shaw, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Henri Barbusse, and ...
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This chapter gives new documentation and interpretation of the Soviet visits of the leading fellow-travelers in the 1930s, including George Bernard Shaw, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Henri Barbusse, and Romain Rolland. Critically examining the major frameworks advanced for understanding Western intellectuals' Sovietophilia—among them alienation, national political traditions, and simple naiveté—it argues that no single master explanation proves adequate. The Western myth of the Soviet Union was so flexible that many diametrically opposed features of communism prompted them to assume the stature of “friends.” Nevertheless, the role of key Soviet intermediaries (including Ilya Ehrenburg, Aleksandr Arosev, and Ivan Maiskii) was crucial in this process, as were the conventions of Soviet “friendship.” The transcripts of Stalin's Kremlin receptions of leading Western “friends of the Soviet Union” suggest that a number of important Western sympathizers viewed him as a type of intellectual in power and harbored illusions of influence over the course of the revolution.Less
This chapter gives new documentation and interpretation of the Soviet visits of the leading fellow-travelers in the 1930s, including George Bernard Shaw, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, Henri Barbusse, and Romain Rolland. Critically examining the major frameworks advanced for understanding Western intellectuals' Sovietophilia—among them alienation, national political traditions, and simple naiveté—it argues that no single master explanation proves adequate. The Western myth of the Soviet Union was so flexible that many diametrically opposed features of communism prompted them to assume the stature of “friends.” Nevertheless, the role of key Soviet intermediaries (including Ilya Ehrenburg, Aleksandr Arosev, and Ivan Maiskii) was crucial in this process, as were the conventions of Soviet “friendship.” The transcripts of Stalin's Kremlin receptions of leading Western “friends of the Soviet Union” suggest that a number of important Western sympathizers viewed him as a type of intellectual in power and harbored illusions of influence over the course of the revolution.
Michael David-Fox
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199794577
- eISBN:
- 9780199932245
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199794577.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter contrasts the Soviet relationship with prominent visitors who were ideological sympathizers with little-known, covert Soviet outreach to far-right nationalists, German “National ...
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This chapter contrasts the Soviet relationship with prominent visitors who were ideological sympathizers with little-known, covert Soviet outreach to far-right nationalists, German “National Bolsheviks,” and fascist intellectuals. At the center of attention, in the first instance, are the sensational journeys of André Gide in 1936 and Lion Feuchtwanger in 1937 during the era of the Moscow show trials. In the second instance, the chapter gives an in-depth case study of a hybrid left-right German organization founded in 1932 to study the Soviet planned economy (ARPLAN), and more broadly Soviet-German political and cultural relations on the eve of the Nazi Revolution. Showing how foreign friends of Stalinism could suddenly become enemies and those considered enemies could potentially be converted into friends, the chapter ends by contrasting the emotional identification of many Western intellectuals with the socialist homeland with the foreign fellow-travelers of the fascist right, who were by definition excluded from the Nazi racial community.Less
This chapter contrasts the Soviet relationship with prominent visitors who were ideological sympathizers with little-known, covert Soviet outreach to far-right nationalists, German “National Bolsheviks,” and fascist intellectuals. At the center of attention, in the first instance, are the sensational journeys of André Gide in 1936 and Lion Feuchtwanger in 1937 during the era of the Moscow show trials. In the second instance, the chapter gives an in-depth case study of a hybrid left-right German organization founded in 1932 to study the Soviet planned economy (ARPLAN), and more broadly Soviet-German political and cultural relations on the eve of the Nazi Revolution. Showing how foreign friends of Stalinism could suddenly become enemies and those considered enemies could potentially be converted into friends, the chapter ends by contrasting the emotional identification of many Western intellectuals with the socialist homeland with the foreign fellow-travelers of the fascist right, who were by definition excluded from the Nazi racial community.
Abby Burnett
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2015
- ISBN:
- 9781628461114
- eISBN:
- 9781626740624
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Mississippi
- DOI:
- 10.14325/mississippi/9781628461114.003.0013
- Subject:
- Sociology, Culture
The role played by the fraternal lodges (Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, etc.) is described, as many of these organizations had, as part of their creeds, burial of the dead and aiding ...
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The role played by the fraternal lodges (Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, etc.) is described, as many of these organizations had, as part of their creeds, burial of the dead and aiding widows and orphans. To this end, many lodges established widows’ homes and orphanages and set up burial insurance plans for members. African Americans, denied access to whites’ hospitals and burial insurance, founded fraternal lodges to provide these services to members. Many of these organizations, founded in Arkansas, flourished outside the state until the Depression. This chapter discusses some of the many ways life has changed since the days when the dead were buried by members of their community.Less
The role played by the fraternal lodges (Masons, Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, etc.) is described, as many of these organizations had, as part of their creeds, burial of the dead and aiding widows and orphans. To this end, many lodges established widows’ homes and orphanages and set up burial insurance plans for members. African Americans, denied access to whites’ hospitals and burial insurance, founded fraternal lodges to provide these services to members. Many of these organizations, founded in Arkansas, flourished outside the state until the Depression. This chapter discusses some of the many ways life has changed since the days when the dead were buried by members of their community.
Richard Landes
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199753598
- eISBN:
- 9780199897445
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199753598.003.0011
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions
This chapter traces how the dynamics of apocalyptic disappointment, led millennial ideologues (Bakùnin, Lenin, and Trotsky) to turn the politique du pire into coercive purity, setting the stage for a ...
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This chapter traces how the dynamics of apocalyptic disappointment, led millennial ideologues (Bakùnin, Lenin, and Trotsky) to turn the politique du pire into coercive purity, setting the stage for a shift from the revolution occurring in the industrial West to the agrarian East. Totalitarianism, in this context, arises from the unintended consequence of an apocalyptic movement that took power, and, with the failure of its expectations of a spontaneous millennium, carved out the “perfect” society from the body politic. The chapter concludes with a discussion of Hannah Arendt's analysis of totalitarianism, the phenomenon of “fellow travelers” as a (post-)apocalyptic phenomenon, and the contribution of apocalyptic paranoia to the spread of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, setting the stage for Hitler's emergence after WWI.Less
This chapter traces how the dynamics of apocalyptic disappointment, led millennial ideologues (Bakùnin, Lenin, and Trotsky) to turn the politique du pire into coercive purity, setting the stage for a shift from the revolution occurring in the industrial West to the agrarian East. Totalitarianism, in this context, arises from the unintended consequence of an apocalyptic movement that took power, and, with the failure of its expectations of a spontaneous millennium, carved out the “perfect” society from the body politic. The chapter concludes with a discussion of Hannah Arendt's analysis of totalitarianism, the phenomenon of “fellow travelers” as a (post-)apocalyptic phenomenon, and the contribution of apocalyptic paranoia to the spread of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, setting the stage for Hitler's emergence after WWI.
Keith Thomas
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198229742
- eISBN:
- 9780191678912
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198229742.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter examines college life at Oxford during the period from 1945 to 1970. College life during this period represents a picture of immense vitality and diversity. In addition to the ...
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This chapter examines college life at Oxford during the period from 1945 to 1970. College life during this period represents a picture of immense vitality and diversity. In addition to the differences in academic performance, the colleges also differed significantly in terms of size, social composition, and sport reputation. This was reflected in the uneven distribution of blues, dining clubs, overseas students, and bachelor fellows. This chapter also discusses the impact of the Franks Commission report on the administrative structure of the university.Less
This chapter examines college life at Oxford during the period from 1945 to 1970. College life during this period represents a picture of immense vitality and diversity. In addition to the differences in academic performance, the colleges also differed significantly in terms of size, social composition, and sport reputation. This was reflected in the uneven distribution of blues, dining clubs, overseas students, and bachelor fellows. This chapter also discusses the impact of the Franks Commission report on the administrative structure of the university.
J. S. G. Simmons
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199510177
- eISBN:
- 9780191700972
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199510177.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
An All Souls fellow did not exaggerate when he described his colleagues in the 1850s as being sui generis. They formed a large society consisting of a Warden and forty fellows (only New College, ...
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An All Souls fellow did not exaggerate when he described his colleagues in the 1850s as being sui generis. They formed a large society consisting of a Warden and forty fellows (only New College, Christ Church, and St John’s had more), most of whom were non-resident and none of whom was under an obligation to exercise any educational function. Not part of the foundation were two chaplains and four Bible clerks. The Warden, Lewis Sneyd, was of the Sneyds of Keele in Staffordshire, and twenty-nine of the forty fellows were of the kin of the founder. Fourteen of the forty fellows were sons of peers or were baronets — at a time when elsewhere in Oxford University only the Honourable Thomas Capel, fellow of Merton College, was in the same class. Eighteen of the forty had been undergraduates at Christ Church College: only twelve were clerics (30% as against the 57% average figure for fellows of the other Oxford colleges in 1850).Less
An All Souls fellow did not exaggerate when he described his colleagues in the 1850s as being sui generis. They formed a large society consisting of a Warden and forty fellows (only New College, Christ Church, and St John’s had more), most of whom were non-resident and none of whom was under an obligation to exercise any educational function. Not part of the foundation were two chaplains and four Bible clerks. The Warden, Lewis Sneyd, was of the Sneyds of Keele in Staffordshire, and twenty-nine of the forty fellows were of the kin of the founder. Fourteen of the forty fellows were sons of peers or were baronets — at a time when elsewhere in Oxford University only the Honourable Thomas Capel, fellow of Merton College, was in the same class. Eighteen of the forty had been undergraduates at Christ Church College: only twelve were clerics (30% as against the 57% average figure for fellows of the other Oxford colleges in 1850).
CHRISTOPHER HILL
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198202295
- eISBN:
- 9780191675270
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198202295.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
The author discusses Gerald Aylmer's personal character and achievements at Balliol. Thomas Hinde, a contemporary Wykehamist, describes Gerald as a person who possessed a hyperactive conscience, and ...
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The author discusses Gerald Aylmer's personal character and achievements at Balliol. Thomas Hinde, a contemporary Wykehamist, describes Gerald as a person who possessed a hyperactive conscience, and states that although he may reject school ritual on principle, he will never evade it secretly. The author notes that at his interview for admission to Balliol, Gerald was described as ‘pink’, which probably refers to his complexion rather than to his politics. In November 1949 Gerald won the College Kington Oliphant Prize for an historical essay, and he got his First without difficulty in 1950. After a year at Princeton as Visiting Fellow, Gerald returned to Balliol as a Junior Research Fellow of the College (1951–4). The author's recollections of him as undergraduate and Fellow are of a self-contained, slightly reserved, hard-working colleague who – everybody recognized – would go far.Less
The author discusses Gerald Aylmer's personal character and achievements at Balliol. Thomas Hinde, a contemporary Wykehamist, describes Gerald as a person who possessed a hyperactive conscience, and states that although he may reject school ritual on principle, he will never evade it secretly. The author notes that at his interview for admission to Balliol, Gerald was described as ‘pink’, which probably refers to his complexion rather than to his politics. In November 1949 Gerald won the College Kington Oliphant Prize for an historical essay, and he got his First without difficulty in 1950. After a year at Princeton as Visiting Fellow, Gerald returned to Balliol as a Junior Research Fellow of the College (1951–4). The author's recollections of him as undergraduate and Fellow are of a self-contained, slightly reserved, hard-working colleague who – everybody recognized – would go far.
