Caudwell's essay, "Liberty" is of interest in tracing the roots of this historical actuality presenting itself as a fundamental reality.
Christopher Caudwell was the pen name of Christopher St John Sprigg, British Marxist writer who died in the Spanish Civil War.
The following is an extract from Marxism and the Philosophy of Science: A Critical History by Helena Sheehan (Humanities Press International 1985 and 1993) http://www.comms.dcu.ie/sheehanh/caudwell.htm
http://www.autodidactproject.org/bib/caudwell.html http://www.autodidactproject.org/my/thompsep.html
Thompson's essay on Christopher Caudwell is another brilliant gem, perhaps the most perspicuous evaluation of Caudwell's work ever. Thompson shows that while Caudwell's literary criticism is crude and schematic (hence leaving him open to being dismissed by other Marxist critics such as Raymond Willliams), it is in his original philosophizing that Caudwell shines. Thompson acutely analyzes the structure of Caudwell's arguments, even showing how Caudwell fills in the gaps in his knowledge and ideas with metaphorical expressions which help him do his epistemological work.
Michael Pugliese