Bhikhu Parekh - Routledge Revivals: The Morality of Politics (1972)

Not being a sociologist or a political activist working in the field of race relations I had to draw on the goodwill of a number of scholars for suggesting names of people who could be invited to contribute to this collection. Among them were Professors Ernest Gellner, C. H. Dodd and Michael Banton, and Mr Andrew Salkey, to all of whom I am most grateful. My greatest debt, however, is to my good friends Mr Trevor Smith who invited me to edit the volume on behalf of the Acton Society Trust and helped in several ways towards bringing the project to fruition, and to Professor Preston King and Mr Edward Goodman who were both closely connected with the planning of the volume and have been most helpful throughout its slow progress. I am also most grateful to all contributors for agreeing to write and for sending their contributions in on time. I am especially grateful to the contributors to the second section for writing their essays at short notice; they were all very encouraging and no editor could have wished for more friendly and co-operative contributors. I am most thankful to Miss Charmian Hall of Hull University and Miss Jackie Eames of the Acton Society for coping with the typing with remarkable patience and efficiency, and to Raj for preparing the index.