Crossing Borders

by Bernard Crick

Bernard Crick's mastery of the political essay is matched by few, if any, contemporary political writers. This new collection demonstrates the wide range of his writing with characteristically bold, argumentative and witty pieces on British identity, on the Northern Irish peace process, on New Labour, on Shaw, Berlin, Laski and Arendt, and on the present (deplorable) state of political writing. It will enlighten, provoke and amuse any reader keen to engage with important contemporary political ideas and arguments.

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First published November 1, 2001

About the author

Sir Bernard Rowland Crick was a British political theorist and democratic socialist whose views were often summarised as "politics is ethics done in public". He sought to arrive at a "politics of action", as opposed to a "politics of thought" or of ideology.