Nationalism, 'Marxism' and Scottish History

In a controversial article, 'Marxism, Nationalism and Scottish History', Dr. Tony Dickson attacks my political stance, my work as a professional historian and locks the two together into an inescapable vice. Because a historian's conception of the historical process is largely determined by his or her spiritual values, experience and world-outlook, the readers of the Journal of Contemporary History are entitled to know what lies behind Dr. Dickson's critique of my book, The Rousing of the Scottish Working Class, and article on 'Marxism and the Scottish National Question'. In 1980 Lawrence and Wishart, the British Communist Party publishers, issued a collection of essays on Scottish history entitled Scottish Capitalism: Class, State and Nation from before the Union to the Present. It was edited by Dr. Tony Dickson, a Marxist sociologist. He had not previously shown any interest in Scottish history. He also contributed a chapter or essay on the formation or making of the Scottish working class during the early period of

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