Leaders of Socialism, Past and Present (Classic Reprint)

Leaders of Socialism, Past and Present (Classic Reprint)
Author: George Robert Stirling Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2015-06-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781330478240

Excerpt from Leaders of Socialism, Past and Present It is not very scientific to take notice of such unimportant things as political leaders and their ideas of leadership. They may be brilliantly attractive, glowingly eloquent, heroically audacious, or inexplicably clever; they may have thousands or hundreds of thousands of followers; they may appear of gigantic proportions in the pages of the popular historians. But when all is said that can be said for them, it does not amount to much, when they are drawn in due perspective against the background of the universal stage. The journalist, the novelist, the dramatist, the school child, may all have their ardent views of the powers and possibilities of the great man. The level-headed scientist can only see him as a mere speck on the horizon, or, if you prefer it another way, a bobbing cork in the river of history, floating with the stream, not guiding it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Socialism

Socialism
Author: Michael Harrington
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2011-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1611453356

Socialism: Past andFuture is prominent thinker Michael Harrington's final contribution. He composed a thoughtful, intelligent, and compassionate treatise on the role of socialism in modern...

Socialism

Socialism
Author: Michael Harrington
Publisher: Westview Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Socialism
ISBN: 9780745307756

'A scholar of extraordinary diligence and depth' J. K. Galbraith'Magnificent ... more than anything this book is about hope' Los Angeles Times'Among the very best books about socialism now available' Labour Research'A clear and informative overview ... A worthy epitaph' Chartist'One of those rare books that gives socialism the time to think, the space to breathe ... Ideas crackle and learning shines. Just the kind of book it is wise for socialists everywhere to have to hand' Socialist AffairsContents: Hypotheses * Socialisms * Authoritarian Collectivisms * Realpolitik of Utopia * End of Socialism? * Third Creation of World * Socialization Revisited * Market & Plan * Visionary Gradualism

Heaven on Earth

Heaven on Earth
Author: Joshua Muravchik
Publisher: Encounter Books
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 1893554783

"The search for the Promised Land took socialists in diverse directions: revolution, communes and kibbutzim, social democracy, communism, fascism, Third Worldism. But none of these paths led to the prophesied utopia. Nowhere did socialists succeed in creating societies of easy abundance or in midwifing the birth of a "New Man," as their theory promised. Some socialist governments abandoned their grandiose goals and satisfied themselves with making slight modifications to capitalism, while others plowed ahead doggedly, often inducing staggering human catastrophes. Then, after two hundred years of wishful thinking and fitful governance, socialism suddenly imploded in the 1990s in a fin du siecle drama of falling walls, collapsing regimes and frantic revisions of doctrine."--BOOK JACKET.

The Socialist Party of America

The Socialist Party of America
Author: Jack Ross
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 824
Release: 2015-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1612344909

"A complete history of the Socialist Party of America, beginning with the roots of American Marxism in the nineteenth century"--

Socialism - The Real History from Plato to the Present: How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control [With Paperback Book]

Socialism - The Real History from Plato to the Present: How the Deep State Capitalizes on Crises to Consolidate Control [With Paperback Book]
Author: William J. Federer
Publisher: Amerisearch, Incorporated
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2020-07-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780989649186

SOCIALISM: THE DREAM OF AN IDEAL SOCIETY? Is it a wonderful "utopia" or a totalitarian nightmare? Will everything be free or will deep-state bureaucrats decide who gets what? Did Plato, Thomas More, & Francis Bacon propose social ownership of property? Is there a difference between socialism and communism? Did Pilgrims attempt "a communistic plan of life"? What happened? How did the Pilgrims' covenant under God become the Age of Enlightenment's social contract with a distant God, become the French Revolution's social contract with no god, become Marxism's "the state is god"? "If the state gives rights, it can, and inevitably will, take away those rights"-Eisenhower. Was France's Reign of Terror a model for future violent socialist revolutions? The Bible talks about private property, yet Marx wrote: "The theory of the communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property." Coolidge wrote: "It does not follow that because something ought to be done, the national government ought to do it." What did socialism do to Russia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, China, North Korea, Cuba, Cambodia, and Venezuela? What are honor-shame cultures? What are the group dynamics which can manipulate individuals with peer-pressure to surrender their private views to fit in with a group. Who was Joseph Goebbels, who said: "Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play." How did he control mob emotions? Learn about the political tactics of "deconstruction," "psychological projection," and "seizing the moral high ground." Is the form of government the problem or is the problem deeper - the selfishness inherent in the human heart? What is the only real solution? FIND THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE IN THIS EYE-OPENING BOOK!

The "S" Word

The
Author: John Nichols
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2011-03-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 184467679X

Political reporter Nichols argues that socialism has a long, proud American history. This short, irreverent book gives Americans back a crucial part of their history and makes a forthright case for socialist ideas today.