Raymond Williams Quote

It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgement, to which I still hold. When I was young its name was socialism. We can be deflected by names. But the need was absolute, and is still absolute.


Loyalties (1985)


It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgement, to which I still...

It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgement, to which I still...

It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgement, to which I still...

It wasn't idealism that made me, from the beginning, want a more secure and rational society. It was an intellectual judgement, to which I still...