Norman Geras

Norman Geras (born 25 August 1943) is Professor Emeritus of Government at the University of Manchester. In a long academic career, he has contributed substantially to the analysis of the works of Karl Marx, particularly in his book Marx and Human Nature and the article 'The Controversy About Marx and Justice', which remains a standard work on the issue.

Geras was born in Bulawayo, then in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Arriving in the UK in 1962,^[1] he attended Pembroke College, Oxford and graduated in 1965 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and was a research student from 1965 to 1967 at Nuffield College, Oxford. He joined the University of Manchester as a Lecturer in 1967, retiring as a Professor in 2003.

For some years Geras was a member of the editorial board of New Left Review. Since July 2003 he has maintained a weblog, Normblog, which focuses on political issues, such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which he backed, his academic interests and a range of other topics, including popular music, cricket and films.

He was a founder of the now moribund Euston Manifesto Group and one of the principal authors of the manifesto. Geras is a staunch admirer of Tony Blair and is a supporter of the war on terror.

He has been married to the children's writer Adèle Geras (born Jerusalem, 1944) since August 1967.^[2] Their daughter, Sophie Hannah is an award-winning poet and author.

Bibliography

• 1976: The Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg ISBN 0-902308-28-9 (1983 paperback: ISBN 0-86091-780-0)
• 1983: Marx and Human Nature: Refutation of a Legend ISBN 0-86091-767-3
• 1986: Literature of Revolution: Essays on Marxism ISBN 0-86091-859-9
• 1990: Discourses of Extremity ISBN 0-86091-980-3
• 1995: Solidarity in the Conversation of Humankind: Ungroundable Liberalism of Richard Rorty ISBN 0-86091-453-4
• 1997: The Ashes '97: The View from the Boundary (with Ian Holliday and Tom Jenkins, Illustrator) ISBN 1-897626-11-8
• 1998: The Contract of Mutual Indifference: Political Philosophy After the Holocaust ISBN 1-85984-868-0 (1999 paperback: ISBN 1-85984-229-1)
• 2000: Enlightenment and Modernity (edited by Geras and Robert Wokler) ISBN 0-312-22385-4
• 2002: Men of Waugh: Ashes 2001 ISBN 0-9541985-0-6
• 2005: "On the London Bombings". TELOS 132 (Fall 2005). New York: Telos Press
• 2011: Crimes against humanity: Birth of a concept ISBN 978-0719082412

References

1. ^ http://twitter.com/normblog/statuses/20171420866
2. ^ http://twitter.com/normblog/statuses/20172680567

External links

• Normblog
• Geras' Twitter page
• Interview

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