Author: Michael Newman
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
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ISBN: 0192804316
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Socialism: A Very Short Introduction
Today, most people think of socialism as an outdated ideology.Socialism review. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Newman seeks to place the idea of socialism in a modern context for today's readers. He explains socialist ideas in the framework of its historical evolution, from the French Revolution to the present day, and examines practical attempts to implement socialism.
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Review Deals with a variety of issues central to society and the economy, not just in the socialist countries of the past but also in todayòÀÙs capitalist societies. (Raymond G. Stokes, University of Glasgow 2010) WithWould Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? Paul Josephson has become the foremost historian of his generation of Soviet science and technology. His analysis of Technological Utopianism during the entire Soviet regime is characteristically original, provocative, and profound. This is a pathbreaking book that deserves a wide readership. (Howard Segal, University of Maine 2010) Josephson de
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About the Author Hannes Grandits is a senior associate at the History Institute of Karl-Franzens-University, Graz, Austria, and is visiting professor at the Institute for Eastern and Southeast European History of the Ludwig-Maximilian-University of Munich, Germany. Karin Taylor is researcher at the Institute of History, University of Graz, Austria, and works for the International Channel of the Croatian Radio.
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In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Newman seeks to place the idea of socialism in a modern context for today's readers. He explains socialist ideas in the framework of its historical evolution, from the French Revolution to the present day, and examines practical attempts to implement socialism.
Not just another history of socialist ideas, this book aims for a different approach that looks at practice as well as theory--centering on the contrast between Communism and Social Democracy. The relationship between socialism and notions of democracy, freedom, and equality is also discussed. Newman brings the subject entirely up to date by tackling contemporary forms of socialism. While the book's focus is on Europe and the Soviet Union, it is set in a broader geographical context. Newman's fresh approach to the subject enables the reader to re-evaluate socialism.
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