"e;Easily the most comprehensive and useful work on American socialism, including its history, theories, and impact on life, culture, and economic and political parties in the United States.
The political and ideological turmoil of the late 1960's stimulated among Anglo-American philosophers a new interest in applying moral philosophy to the problems of contemporary society, and a search for critical perspectives on Marx and Marxist thought.
This study, based largely on Chinese journals rarely available to Western scholars, explores the abrupt turnabout of Chinese views of the Soviet Union from condemnations of revisionism"e; to appreciation for problems common to both countries.
During the years that the German Social Democratic party organization was legally suppressed by the Socialist Law, the movement underwent a fundamental transformation in its relationship to the traditions of political democracy and socialist theory with which it began in the 1860's.
The author has "e;tried to understand the realities of Soviet society, drawing both upon a superb critical judgment and a warmly sympathetic human insight.
This study, based on an extensive program of interviewing former American, British, French, and Italian Communists, provides many answers to these questions and gives a convincing insight into the motivations, tensions, and loyalties of Party members.
Political scientists generally have been disposed to treat Italian Fascism--if not generic fascism--as an idiosyncratic episode in the special history of Europe.
In this collection of excerpts from the essential works of Hendrik de Man (1885-1953), Peter Dodge reinstates in historical consciousness this pioneer sociologist of the European socialist movement and of labor in industrial society.
In a period marked by growing fluidity between the West and the Communist nations, the role of revolution as an instrument of political and social change takes on an intense, possibly dangerous importance.
"e;Easily the most comprehensive and useful work on American socialism, including its history, theories, and impact on life, culture, and economic and political parties in the United States, is as important a contribution as the essays.
Judith Hallett illuminates a paradox of elite Roman society of the classical period: its members extolled female domesticity and imposed numerous formal constraints on women's public activity, but many women in Rome's leading families wielded substantial political and social influence.
A decade after the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China established their formidable alliance in 1950, escalating public disagreements between them broke the international communist movement apart.
For about eight months in 1968 Czechoslovakia underwent rapid and radical changes that were unparalleled in the history of communist reform; in the eight months that followed, those changes were dramatically reversed.
How socialist architects, planners, and contractors worked collectively to urbanize and develop the Global South during the Soviet eraIn the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world.
De la mano de las derechas radicales, el pensamiento libertario se hizo un lugar en el sentido comun global, y nombres como Murray Rothbard, Ayn Rand o Milton Friedman -antes reservados a especialistas y militantes- se han convertido en referencias corrientes.
Nearly two years before his powerful Communist Manifesto, Marx (1818-1883) co-wrote The German Ideology in 1845 with friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels expounding a new political worldview, including positions on materialism, labor, production, alienation, the expansion of capitalism, class conflict, revolution, and eventually communism.
Nearly two years before his powerful Communist Manifesto, Marx (1818-1883) co-wrote The German Ideology in 1845 with friend and collaborator Friedrich Engels expounding a new political worldview, including positions on materialism, labor, production, alienation, the expansion of capitalism, class conflict, revolution, and eventually communism.
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How Labour took power and what they're doing with it'Taken As Red stands out for its balance and the depth of its reporting' The Guardian'Revelatory and insightful.
A fascinating and comprehensive history, 'Demanding the Impossible' is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the present day.
"Los miembros del grupo de Movimientos Sociales del Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular – Programa por la Paz (Mauricio Archila, Jorge Cote, Álvaro Delgado, Martha Cecilia García, Patricia Madarriaga) se propusieron entender de una forma no convencional la historia de la izquierda colombiana.
Este libro parte de la certeza de que el anticomunismo tuvo –y parece tener todavía– un lugar mucho más significativo en la vida política argentina de lo que en general se asume.
Die lebensentscheidende Begegnung der baltischen Baronin Marie von Bruiningk mit dem Bonner Revolutionar Gottfried Kinkel und seiner Frau Johanna, dokumentiert in 81 Briefen.
Der weltberuhmte Schriftsteller Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) entwirft in diesem Essay aus dem Jahr 1891 eine soziale Utopie, die auf einer radikalen Neudefinition von Individualismus und Sozialismus beruht.
Crises, in ever quicker succession, are shaking capitalist society: Corona pandemic, deep setbacks for the world economy, social emergency, the initiated global environmental catastrophe, the growing threat of world war, or the increasing danger of fascism.
Scritti e articoli del futuro fondatore del fascismo, tratti da vari quotidiani e riviste (Avvenire del Lavoratore, Avanguardia Socialista, La Lima, La Lotta di Classe, Il Popolo), nel periodo in cui stava per divenire un esponente di spicco del Partito Socialista Italiano.
"Wokismus und Hypermoralität: Anmerkungen zur neuen Tugendwächterei"In der gegenwärtigen politischen Debatte, bestimmen zunehmend moralische Überzeugungen die öffentliche Debatte.
Freiheit, Gleichheit, ChatGPT: Wie Künstliche Intelligenz eine gerechtere Gesellschaft ermöglichen kannDieses Buch beleuchtet auf einzigartige Weise die Chancen und Risiken moderner Technologien im Kontext sozialistischer Ideale.
