Study Guide to Marxist and Utopian Socialists


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A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for socialist and communist systems, including the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx. These several philosophers are recognized for creating socioeconomic analysis to view social conflict and class relations. As ideologies of the nineteenth-century, they helped to develop, inspire, and revolutionize elements of the labour and socialist movements and became the basis of Marxism-Leninism and Maoism and the dogma developed by Vladimir Lenin in Russia. Moreover, these ideas have had a profound impact on the scholarly world and have influenced fields such as archaeology, art history, media studies, political science, and sociology. This Bright Notes Study Guide includes notes and commentary on literary classics such as Babeuf's Philosophy Of Equality, Saint Simon's Doctrines, and The Labor Theory Of Value, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.







Socialism, Utopian and Scientific


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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific is one of the most important books on socialism, first published in 1880 by German-born socialist Friedrich Engels. The work was primarily extracted from a longer polemic work published in 1876. It is still an important source of information on socialism.




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Socialism


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2020 Reprint of the 1892 Edition. This short work was intended by Engels to be a primer on Marxian thought and especially on the distinction between utopian socialism and scientific socialism. Engels maintains that it was the latter that Marxism considers itself to embody. The book explains that whereas utopian socialism is idealistic, reflecting the personal opinions of the authors and claims that society can be adapted based on these opinions, scientific socialism derives itself from reality. It focuses on Marx's materialist conception of history, which concludes that communism naturally follows capitalism. Engels begins the book by chronicling the thought of utopian socialists, starting with Saint-Simon. He then proceeds to Fourier and Robert Owen. In Chapter Two, he summarizes dialectics, and then chronicles its evolution from from the ancient Greeks to Hegel. Chapter Three summarizes dialectics in relation to economic and social struggles, essentially echoing the words of Marx. In his biography of Marx, Isaiah Berlin described Engel's book as "the best brief autobiographical appreciation of Marxism by one of its creators" and considered that, "written in Engels's best vein", it "had a decisive influence on both Russian and German Socialism." [Berlin, I. (1963). Karl Marx, His Life and Environment (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p.221]




Socialism: Utopian and Scientific


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Socialism, Utopian and Scientific needs no preface. It ranks with the Communist Manifesto as one of the indispensable books for any one desiring to understand the modern socialist movement. It has been translated into every language where capitalism prevails, and its circulation is more rapid than ever before.




Marx, Marxism and Utopia


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This title was first published in 2000: This engaging book suggests that Marx was right to reject 'utopian socialism' on the grounds that it undermined the principles of proletarian self-emancipation and self-determination. As a theoretician of the proletarian class, Marx sought to capture the spirit of revolution in a manner which precluded the need for utopian philanthropy and the messianic elitism which invariably accompanied it. In a powerful and original central argument, the book suggests that the categories which together define Marx’s own 'utopia' were nothing more than theoretical by-products of the models employed by Marx in order to supersede the need for utopianism. As such, Marx was an 'accidental' utopian. Rather than legitimating utopianism, however, the author argues that this conclusion reinforces the need to develop Marx’s anti-utopian project further. Emphasising the contemporary relevance of Marx’s original critique, the conclusion suggests that the future of socialism lies in its ability to harness, not the spirit of utopia, but the spirit of adventure.




Education for Socialists


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Socialism, Utopian and Scientific


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Outselling the Communist Manifesto in its day, Socialism: utopian and scientific remains invaluable in showing that Marxist ideas are key to transforming society. Engels explains in a clear manner how socialist ideas were shaped by events. Looking at the philosophical ideas of Marxism, Engels explains how they can guide the movement to change the world. This edition contains a new introduction examining the re-emergence of utopian socialist ideas today. Extensive new footnotes will assist the new reader of Socialism: utopian and scientific, making it an essential read for those interested in socialism and Marxism. -- back cover.




Socialism: Utopian and Scientific


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This book is an excellent introduction for anyone who wants to understand Marxist theory but does not feel ready to dive headlong into Das Capital. It explains socialist theory clearly and then looks at various ideologies connected with socialism.