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{{short description|British historian}} |
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'''David Priestland''' is a British historian. He |
'''David Priestland''' is a British historian. He teaches modern history at the [[University of Oxford]] and is [[Fellow]] of [[St Edmund Hall]].<ref name="SEH profile">{{Cite news|title = Professor David Priestland|url = https://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/people/david-priestland|newspaper = [[St Edmund Hall]]|accessdate = 24 November 2018}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Priestland's research focuses on the history of the [[Soviet Union]] |
Priestland's research focuses on the history of the [[Soviet Union]] and the development of [[communism]] and [[neoliberalism]].<ref name="Oxford profile">{{Cite news|title = Professor David Priestland|url = https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/people/professor-david-priestland|newspaper = [[University of Oxford]]|accessdate = 24 November 2018}}</ref> He is an occasional political and cultural commentator for ''[[The Guardian]]'' and ''[[New Statesman]]''.<ref name="Priestland Guardian profile">{{Cite news|title = David Priestland|url = https://www.theguardian.com/profile/david-priestland|newspaper = [[The Guardian]]|accessdate = 24 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="Priestland NS profile">{{Cite news|title = Writer: David Priestland|url = https://www.newstatesman.com/writers/316880|newspaper = [[New Statesman]]|accessdate = 24 November 2018}}</ref> In 2013, Priestland published a book ''Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes'', which focuses mainly on a power struggle between three castes fighting for domination within society. Priestland's main argument is that humanity has shifted from societies oriented towards a warrior-class, through periods of sage dominance into a modern hegemony of merchants, which has culminated in dominance by businesspeople and billionaire entrepreneurs.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sNJ1-qK1GUIC|title=Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power|last=Priestland|first=David|date=2012-08-30|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-197082-0|language=en}}</ref> In the book, Priestland's voice is mostly critical of global capitalism, which has attracted some notable criticism from other academics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/books/priestland-contends-perpetual-power-struggle-in-merchant-soldier-sage-1.436445|title=Priestland contends perpetual power struggle in Merchant, Soldier, Sage|website=The National|date=25 October 2012|language=en|access-date=2020-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Timmins|first=Adam|title=review of Merchant Soldier Sage|url=https://www.academia.edu/4232318|language=en}}</ref> |
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== Selected works == |
== Selected works == |
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** ''World History of Communism''. [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]], Bonn {{ISBN|978-3-8389-0055-1}}. |
** ''World History of Communism''. [[Federal Agency for Civic Education]], Bonn {{ISBN|978-3-8389-0055-1}}. |
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** Russian edition: '' Красный флаг ''. история коммунизма, Krasnyi flag: Istorija kommunizma, ЭКСМО / EKSMO, Moskva 2011 |
** Russian edition: '' Красный флаг ''. история коммунизма, Krasnyi flag: Istorija kommunizma, ЭКСМО / EKSMO, Moskva 2011 |
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* ''Merchant, soldier, sage: a |
* ''Merchant, soldier, sage: a history of the world in three castes''. New York: Penguin Press, 2013 |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 16:44, 24 April 2024
David Priestland is a British historian. He teaches modern history at the University of Oxford and is Fellow of St Edmund Hall.[1]
Career
Priestland's research focuses on the history of the Soviet Union and the development of communism and neoliberalism.[2] He is an occasional political and cultural commentator for The Guardian and New Statesman.[3][4] In 2013, Priestland published a book Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes, which focuses mainly on a power struggle between three castes fighting for domination within society. Priestland's main argument is that humanity has shifted from societies oriented towards a warrior-class, through periods of sage dominance into a modern hegemony of merchants, which has culminated in dominance by businesspeople and billionaire entrepreneurs.[5] In the book, Priestland's voice is mostly critical of global capitalism, which has attracted some notable criticism from other academics.[6][7]
Selected works
- Stalinism and the politics of mobilization: ideas, power, and terror in inter-war Russia. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007
- The Red Flag. Allen Lane 2009, ISBN 978-0-71399-481-0 (The three English-language editions 2009-2010 each have different subtitles: How Communism Changed The World; Communism and the Making of the Modern World; A History of Communism)
- World History of Communism. From the French Revolution to today. Translated by Klaus-Dieter Schmidt. Siedler, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-88680-708-6
- World History of Communism. Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn ISBN 978-3-8389-0055-1.
- Russian edition: Красный флаг . история коммунизма, Krasnyi flag: Istorija kommunizma, ЭКСМО / EKSMO, Moskva 2011
- Merchant, soldier, sage: a history of the world in three castes. New York: Penguin Press, 2013
References
- ^ "Professor David Priestland". St Edmund Hall. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Professor David Priestland". University of Oxford. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "David Priestland". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ "Writer: David Priestland". New Statesman. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ Priestland, David (30 August 2012). Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A New History of Power. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-197082-0.
- ^ "Priestland contends perpetual power struggle in Merchant, Soldier, Sage". The National. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ Timmins, Adam. "review of Merchant Soldier Sage".
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External links
- Priestland's profile at St Edmund Hall
- Priestland's profile at the University of Oxford Faculty of History
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