The Many Faces Of Socialism

Author : Paul Hollander
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781412828024
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Many Faces of Socialism written by Paul Hollander and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dealing with topics and perspectives generally neglected by American sociologists, Hollander focuses on the nature of socialism and the reasons for Marxism's appeal among Western intellectuals. In his new introduction to updated essays, never before published in book form, he also addresses issues of enduring interest in both socialist and pluralistic societies. These include relationships between the private and the public, techniques of social and political control, the timeless tension between professed value and observed behavior, and the way systems struggle for a sense of purpose in the contemporary world.

Author : James Otteson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107017319
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The End of Socialism written by James Otteson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End of Socialism explores the difficulties socialism faces and examines the extent to which its moral ideals can guide policy.

Author : John Nichols
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781683786
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The "S" Word written by John Nichols and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Cold War it became a dirty word in the United States, but "socialism" runs like a red thread through the nation's history, an integral part of its political consciousness since the founding of the republic. In this unapologetic corrective to today's collective amnesia, John Nichols calls for the proud return of socialism in American life. He recalls the reforms lauded by Founding Father Tom Paine; the presence of Karl Marx's journalism in American letters; the left leanings of founders of the Republican Party; the socialist politics of Helen Keller; the progressive legacy of figures like Chaplin and Einstein. Now in an updated edition, The "S" Word makes a case for socialist ideas as an indispensable part of American heritage. A new final chapter considers the recent signs of a leftward sea change in American politics in the face of increasing and historic levels of inequality. Today, corporations-like other rich "individuals"-pay fewer taxes than they did in the 1950s, while our infrastructure crumbles and the seas rise. The "S" Wordaddresses a nation that can no longer afford to put capital before people.

Author : Iain Murray
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1684510759
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Socialist Temptation written by Iain Murray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT'S BACK! Just thirty years ago, socialism seemed utterly discredited. An economic, moral, and political failure, socialism had rightly been thrown on the ash heap of history after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Unfortunately, bad ideas never truly go away—and socialism has come back with a vengeance. A generation of young people who don’t remember the misery that socialism inflicted on Russia and Eastern Europe is embracing it all over again. Oblivious to the unexampled prosperity capitalism has showered upon them, they are demanding utopia. In his provocative new book, The Socialist Temptation, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains: Why the socialist temptation is suddenly so powerful among young people That even when socialism doesn’t usher in a bloody tyranny (as, for example, in the Soviet Union, China, and Venezuela), it still makes everyone poor and miserable Why under the relatively benign democractic socialism of Murray's youth in pre-Thatcher Britain, he had to do his homework by candlelight That the Scandinavian economies are not really socialist at all The inconsistencies in socialist thought that prevent it from ever working in practice How we can show young people the sorry truth about socialism and turn the tide of history against this destructive pipe dream Sprightly, convincing, and original, The Socialist Temptation is a powerful warning that the resurgence of socialism could rob us of our freedom and prosperity.

Author : Ernst Nolte
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Faces of Fascism written by Ernst Nolte and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International. Historical background of fascism politics, in France, Italy and Germany (now Germany, Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic). Definition. Political aspects. The role of political parties. Mass media spreading the ideology. The role of the Church. Political leadership in the government. Government policy before the second world war. Political problems and social implications. Discrimination. References. Bibliography pp. 547-548.

Author : John E. Roemer
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674339460
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Future for Socialism written by John E. Roemer and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this text, Roemer proposes a new future of socialism based on a redefinition of market socialism. The Achille's heel of socialism has always been maintaining innovation and efficiency in an economy in which income is equally distributed. Roemer points out that large capitalist firms have already solved a similar problem: in those firms, profits are distributed to numerous shareholders, yet they continue to innovate and compete. The author argues for a modified version of socialism, not necessarily based on public ownership, but founded on equality of opportunity and political influence.

Author : Morton A. Kaplan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Many Faces of Communism written by Morton A. Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John E. Jones
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426979894
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faces of Capitalism and Socialism written by John E. Jones and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-27 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yinghong Cheng
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824830741
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating the New Man written by Yinghong Cheng and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-12-31 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of eliminating undesirable traits from human temperament to create a "new man" has been part of moral and political thinking worldwide for millennia. During the Enlightenment, European philosophers sought to construct an ideological framework for reshaping human nature. But it was only among the communist regimes of the twentieth century that such ideas were actually put into practice on a nationwide scale. In this book Yinghong Cheng examines three culturally diverse sociopolitical experiments—the Soviet Union under Lenin and Stalin, China under Mao, and Cuba under Castro—in an attempt to better understand the origins and development of the "new man." The book’s fundamental concerns are how these communist revolutions strove to create a new, morally and psychologically superior, human being and how this task paralleled efforts to create a superior society. To these ends, it addresses a number of questions: What are the intellectual roots of the new man concept? How was this idealistic and utopian goal linked to specific political and economic programs? How do the policies of these particular regimes, based as they are on universal communist ideology, reflect national and cultural traditions? Cheng begins by exploring the origins of the idea of human perfectibility during the Enlightenment. His discussion moves to other European intellectual movements, and then to the creation of the Soviet Man, the first communist new man in world history. Subsequent chapters examine China’s experiment with human nature, starting with the nationalistic debate about a new national character at the turn of the twentieth century; and Cuban perceptions of the new man and his role in propelling the revolution from a nationalist, to a socialist, and finally a communist movement. The last chapter considers the global influence of the Soviet, Chinese, and Cuban experiments. Creating the "New Man" contributes greatly to our understanding of how three very different countries and their leaders carried out problematic and controversial visions and programs. It will be of special interest to students and scholars of world history and intellectual, social, and revolutionary history, and also development studies and philosophy.

Author : E. Jones John E. Jones
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426901755
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faces of Capitalism and Socialism written by E. Jones John E. Jones and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Faces of Capitalism and Socialism is the result of more than ten years of research and study into the changes in the public perceptions of capitalism, socialism, and the actual changes that have taken place with the evolution of capitalism and socialism since the 1950s. How the evolution of capitalism and socialism have affected human progress is reviewed based on the actual results produced in a number of countries. The book briefly introduces various economic systems, political ideologies, and their history; and goes on to examine in depth the present condition of capitalism and socialism in a number of countries around the world. How we have been deceived to believe what we think is right and ended up believing that black was white is covered in a chapter on propaganda. The numerous sources of information used in this book were obtained primarily through the internet, and many of these sights provide reliable and objective news and reports not available in commercial media. Democracy as it is perceived in a number of countries is reviewed in the last chapter. 179