New Left Review I/5, September-October 1960

Raphael Samuel

Dr. Abrams and the End of Politics

dr. mark abrams’ survey of political attitudes, “Why Labour Has Lost Elections”, published in four consecutive issues of Socialist Commentary, and shortly to achieve wider distribution as a Penguin “Special”, does not tell us anything new about the reasons for Labour’s defeat, nor does a close reading support its claim to offer a “reliable understanding of contemporary British political loyalties”. Its importance lies rather in the underlying approach to man and politics which it reveals and which, in turn, it supports.

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