Socialist Thought: A Documentary History
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Book Overview
In Socialist Thought Fried and Sanders set socialism within its historical context from pre-revolutionary France to the present by using major turning points such as 1789, when the French Revolution launched socialism, to establish a chronological framework. The authors contend that though its roots can be traced to the Bible, socialism truly came into being at the end of the 18th century, the age of democratic ideas, as a response to the Industrial Revolution and an attempt to change the consciousness of society and its material organization.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0231082657
ISBN13:9780231082655
Release Date:April 1993
Publisher:Columbia University Press
Length:640 Pages
Weight:1.72 lbs.
Dimensions:1.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Customer Reviews
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Best introduction to Socialism available anywhere.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I have to say that for once I have no problem whatsoever in giving a book a five star rating. This book delivers and delivers and delivers. It's nothing less than a great survey of all of socialist thought which means that in this book you'll find many extremely thought provoking essays by authors that are very out of print and hard to come by. If your just getting interested in socialism and you really want to find a 'reader' that won't rip you off go no further. Note:the one section that's deficient is the Marx/Engels section. There are plenty of good M & E readers out there so don't despair. Anyways, one of the secrets of this book which is the argument put forth that M & E are very, very far from being the be all and end all of socialism. Enjoy!
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