Socialism For A Sceptical Age

Author : Ralph Miliband
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781789606959

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Socialism for a Sceptical Age by Ralph Miliband Pdf

This outstanding and original volume offers a critical examination of a number of developments which in recent years have undermined the idea of socialism and eroded its electoral appeal. Among these developments are the collapse of Communist regimes, the fragmentation of the constituencies upon which earlier socialist advances had depended, changes in the organization and the dynamics of capitalism and a dearth of agencies committed to the socialist project. The book also takes up and seeks to rebut older objections to socialism, such as the notion that it is inevitably totalitarian, that it is based on too optimistic a view of human nature and that it fails to take account of the tendency of power to accumulate in the hands of minorities. The book argues that a social order dominated by the logic of capital and competition cannot, despite all the positive claims made on its behalf, produce the conditions which make true citizenship and community possible. By contrast, socialism offers an attractive and feasible programme for the realization of those ideals. Miliband argues that socialism cannot be seen as an answer to all the ills which have plagued humankind. Socialism, in his view, has to be understood as part of an age-old struggle for a more just society, and he believes that, seen in this light, socialism remains not only desirable but also perfectly possible. Moreover, he believes, socialism will, in time, come to command a majority support which its advancement requires. Socialism has to be seen as a permanent striving for the achievement of democracy, egalitarianism and the creation of an economy under democratic control.

Author : Gustave Le Bon
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9791041941179

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The Psychology of Socialism by Gustave Le Bon Pdf

Author : Ralph Miliband
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-31
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 155266287X

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Parliamentary Socialism by Ralph Miliband Pdf

Of political parties claiming socialism to be their aim, the Labour Party has always been one of the most dogmatic-not about socialism, but about the parliamentary system. This is not simply to say that the Labour Party has never been a party of revolution: such parties have normally been quite willing to use the opportunities the parliamentary system offered as one means of furthering their aims. It is rather that the leaders of the Labour Party have always rejected any kind of political action which fell, or which appeared to them to fall, outside the framework and conventions of the parliamentary system. The Labour Party has been a party deeply imbued by parliamentarism. And in this respect, there is no distinction to be made between Labour's political and its industrial leaders. Both have been equally determined that the Labour Party should not stray from the narrow path of parliamentary politics. The Labour Party remains, in practice, what it has always been-a party of modest social reform in a capital-ist system within whose confines it is ever more firmly and by now irrevocably rooted.

Author : Ralph Milband
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:224869181

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Parliamentary Socialism by Ralph Milband Pdf

Author : Jamie L. Bronstein,Ralph Miliband
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 0850366887

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The State in Capitalist Society by Jamie L. Bronstein,Ralph Miliband Pdf

The State in Capitalist Society is recognized as one the most important books in political sociology published since the Second World War. In the wake of a neo-liberal era recognized almost universally as one which saw the retreat of the state, the massive scale of state intervention today makes the republication of this classic study extremely timely. This edition includes a new foreword by Professor Leo Panitch, York University, Toronto. Book jacket.

Author : Francis Sejersted
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691242194

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The Age of Social Democracy by Francis Sejersted Pdf

A history of how Norway and Sweden became the envy of the modern world This is the history of how two countries on the northern edge of Europe built societies in the twentieth century that became objects of inspiration and envy around the world. Francis Sejersted, one of Scandinavia's leading historians, tells how Norway and Sweden achieved a rare feat by realizing grand visions of societies that combine stability, prosperity, and social welfare. It is a history that holds many valuable lessons today, at a time of renewed interest in the Scandinavian model. The book tells the story of social democracy from the separation of Norway and Sweden in 1905 through the end of the century, tracing its development from revolutionary beginnings through postwar triumph, as it became a hegemonic social order that left its stamp on every sector of society, the economy, welfare, culture, education, and family. The book also tells how in the 1980s, partly in reaction to the strong state, a freedom and rights revolution led to a partial erosion of social democracy. Yet despite the fracturing of consensus and the many economic and social challenges facing Norway and Sweden today, the achievement of their welfare states remains largely intact.

Author : Kevin Williamson
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781596986497

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The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism by Kevin Williamson Pdf

Argues that the same impulse for control that governed the Soviet Union is present in the American health care and educational systems and that socialism can never work because of human nature.

Author : P. Wetherly,C. Barrow,P. Burnham
Publisher : Springer
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230592704

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Class, Power and the State in Capitalist Society by P. Wetherly,C. Barrow,P. Burnham Pdf

This collection of new essays re-examines and evaluates central themes in the work of Ralph Miliband, a leading contributor to Marxist political theory in twentieth century. It provides an essential reference point for research within the Marxist tradition, and a valuable resource for students on a range of courses in political and social theory.

Author : Ralph Miliband
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781781687710

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Class War Conservatism by Ralph Miliband Pdf

When, in 2013, the Daily Mail labeled Ralph Miliband “The Man Who Hated Britain,” a diverse host rallied to his defense. Those who had worked with him – from both left and right – praised his work and character. He was lauded as “one of the best-known academic Marxists of his generation” and a leading figure of the New Left. Class War Conservatism collects together his most significant political essays and shows the scope and brilliance of his thinking. Ranging from the critical anatomy of capitalism to a clear-eyed analysis of the future of socialism in Britain, this selection shows Miliband as an independent and prescient thinker of great insight. Throughout, his writing is a passionate and forcefully argued demand for social justice and a better future.

Author : Michael Freedland,Barbra Paskin
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781314036

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Witch-Hunt in Hollywood by Michael Freedland,Barbra Paskin Pdf

How political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade: “One of the most readable and damning accounts of that period.” —The Guardian This is the story of how the politicians took Tinseltown to task in the late 1940s and 1950s. As the Cold War with the Soviet Union began in earnest, the search for “Reds under the bed,” later led by Senator Joseph McCarthy, was felt most keenly in Hollywood, where the investigations were carried out under the full glare of the spotlights. Painstakingly researched and drawing on numerous exclusive interviews, this book charts the generation of actors who found their livelihood ruined by being blacklisted and the writers forced to hire “fronts” to continue to work; it reveals how Arthur Miller was offered the chance to have his hearing dropped in return for a photo opportunity with Marilyn Monroe; and how Kirk Douglas’s naming of Dalton Trumbo as the writer of Spartacus signaled the end of this extraordinary era. Witch Hunt in Hollywood is the definitive account of how political paranoia shaped cinema for a decade.

Author : Leszek Kolakowski
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780465075744

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Is God Happy? by Leszek Kolakowski Pdf

The late Leszek Kolakowski was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. A prominent anticommunist writer, Kolakowski was also a deeply humanistic thinker, and his meditations on society, religion, morality, and culture stand alongside his political writings as commentaries on intellectual—and everyday—life in the twentieth century. Kolakowski’s extraordinary empathy, humor, and erudition are on full display in Is God Happy?, the first collection of his work to be published since his death in 2009. Accessible and wide ranging, these essays—many of them translated into English for the first time—testify to the remarkable scope of Kolakowski’s work. From a provocative and deeply felt critique of Marxist ideology to the witty and self-effacing “In Praise of Unpunctuality” to a rigorous analysis of Erasmus’ model of Christianity and the future of religion, these essays distill Kolakowski’s lifelong engagement with the eternal problems of philosophy and some of the most vital questions of our age.

Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387077957

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Socialism And The Family by H. G. Wells Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Phillip Blond
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780571253180

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Red Tory by Phillip Blond Pdf

Conventional politics is at a crossroads. Amid recession, depression, poverty, increasing violence and rising inequality, our current politics is exhausted and inadequate. In Red Tory, Phillip Blond argues that only a radical new political settlement can tackle the problems we face. Red Toryism combines economic egalitarianism with social conservatism, calling for an end to the monopolisation of society and the private sphere by the state and the market. Decrying the legacy of both the Labour and Conservative parties, Blond proposes a genuinely progressive Conservatism that will restore social equality and revive British culture. He calls for the strengthening of local communities and economies, ending dispossession, redistribution of the tax burden and restoration the nuclear family. Red Tory offers a different vision for our future and asks us to question our long-held political assumptions. No political thinker has aroused more passionate debate in recent times. Phillip Blond's ideas have already been praised or attacked in every major British newspaper and journal. Challenging, stimulating and exhilarating, this is a book for our times.

Author : Elizabeth Harvey,Johannes Hürter,Maiken Umbach,Andreas Wirsching
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108484985

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Private Life and Privacy in Nazi Germany by Elizabeth Harvey,Johannes Hürter,Maiken Umbach,Andreas Wirsching Pdf

Highlights the surprising ways in which the Nazi regime permitted or even fostered aspirations of privacy.

Author : Joseph E. Stiglitz
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781324004226

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People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent by Joseph E. Stiglitz Pdf

A Nobel prize winner challenges us to throw off the free market fundamentalists and reclaim our economy. We all have the sense that the American economy—and its government—tilts toward big business, but as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains in his new book, People, Power, and Profits, the situation is dire. A few corporations have come to dominate entire sectors of the economy, contributing to skyrocketing inequality and slow growth. This is how the financial industry has managed to write its own regulations, tech companies have accumulated reams of personal data with little oversight, and our government has negotiated trade deals that fail to represent the best interests of workers. Too many have made their wealth through exploitation of others rather than through wealth creation. If something isn’t done, new technologies may make matters worse, increasing inequality and unemployment. Stiglitz identifies the true sources of wealth and of increases in standards of living, based on learning, advances in science and technology, and the rule of law. He shows that the assault on the judiciary, universities, and the media undermines the very institutions that have long been the foundation of America’s economic might and its democracy. Helpless though we may feel today, we are far from powerless. In fact, the economic solutions are often quite clear. We need to exploit the benefits of markets while taming their excesses, making sure that markets work for us—the U.S. citizens—and not the other way around. If enough citizens rally behind the agenda for change outlined in this book, it may not be too late to create a progressive capitalism that will recreate a shared prosperity. Stiglitz shows how a middle-class life can once again be attainable by all. An authoritative account of the predictable dangers of free market fundamentalism and the foundations of progressive capitalism, People, Power, and Profits shows us an America in crisis, but also lights a path through this challenging time.