Richard Hoggart
Subtitle: virtue and reward
By: Fred Inglis
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780745651712
Subjects: Social scientists; Biography; College teachers; Samhällsvetare; Högskolelärare; Professorer
Description: This is the first biography of Richard Hoggart which seeks to tie together in a single narrative his life and work, to settle Hoggart in the great happiness of a fulfilled family life and in the astonishing achievements of his public and professional career, considering each of his books in detail, and following him through the long and hard labours of his different public and academic offices. It is a tale of a good man with which to edify the present, and to teach us of all that now threatens our best national (and international) forms of expression: our art, our culture, ourselves.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the condition of England; title: The stones of Leeds; title: Best boy: a grammar school education; title: A civic education: the University of Leeds; title: A military education is 'an ingenious and civilian army'; title: The education of the people; title: Best of friends: the book, the centre and the moral community; title: Hoggart-watching: arguments with Marxism, aspects of world government; title: Goldsmiths and gold standards; title: Tiring the sun.