Author: Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578642826
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
reprint of I Bulmer-Thomas book (of the same title) published originally in 1949. Author discusses relatedness of Socialism and Communism and National Socialism, in terms of affects on human nature
The Socialist Tragedy
Author: Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578642826
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
reprint of I Bulmer-Thomas book (of the same title) published originally in 1949. Author discusses relatedness of Socialism and Communism and National Socialism, in terms of affects on human nature
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578642826
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
reprint of I Bulmer-Thomas book (of the same title) published originally in 1949. Author discusses relatedness of Socialism and Communism and National Socialism, in terms of affects on human nature
The Socialist Tragedy. [With a Portrait.].
Author: Ivor Thomas (M.P.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Socialist Tragedy
Author: Chushichi Tsuzuki
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Soviet Tragedy
Author: Martin Malia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143911854X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
"The Soviet Tragedy is an essential coda to the literature of Soviet studies...Insofar as [he] returns the power of ideology to its central place in Soviet history, Malia has made an enormous contribution. He has written the history of a utopian illusion and the tragic consequences it had for the people of the Soviet Union and the world." -- David Remnick, The New York Review of Books "In Martin Malia, the Soviet Union had one of its most acute observers. With this book, it may well have found the cornerstone of its history." -- Francois Furet, author of Interpreting the French Revolution "The Soviet Tragedy offers the most thorough scholarly analysis of the Communist phenomenon that we are likely to get for a long while to come...Malia states that his narrative is intended 'to substantiate the basic argument,' and this is certainly an argumentative book, which drives its thesis home with hammer blows. On this breathtaking journey, Malia is a witty and often brilliantly penetrating guide. He has much wisdom to impart." -- The Times Literary Supplement "This is history at the high level, well deployed factually, but particularly worthwhile in the philosophical and political context -- at once a view and an overview." -- The Washington Post
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143911854X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
"The Soviet Tragedy is an essential coda to the literature of Soviet studies...Insofar as [he] returns the power of ideology to its central place in Soviet history, Malia has made an enormous contribution. He has written the history of a utopian illusion and the tragic consequences it had for the people of the Soviet Union and the world." -- David Remnick, The New York Review of Books "In Martin Malia, the Soviet Union had one of its most acute observers. With this book, it may well have found the cornerstone of its history." -- Francois Furet, author of Interpreting the French Revolution "The Soviet Tragedy offers the most thorough scholarly analysis of the Communist phenomenon that we are likely to get for a long while to come...Malia states that his narrative is intended 'to substantiate the basic argument,' and this is certainly an argumentative book, which drives its thesis home with hammer blows. On this breathtaking journey, Malia is a witty and often brilliantly penetrating guide. He has much wisdom to impart." -- The Times Literary Supplement "This is history at the high level, well deployed factually, but particularly worthwhile in the philosophical and political context -- at once a view and an overview." -- The Washington Post
The Yugoslav Tragedy
Author: Michael Barratt Brown
Publisher: Spokesman Books
ISBN: 9780851245904
Category : Nation-state
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Spokesman Books
ISBN: 9780851245904
Category : Nation-state
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Socialism—The Tragedy of an Idea
Author: Lajos Bokros
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030578437
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book explores the idea of socialism from three angles and raises the questions if socialism is possible, inevitable, and desirable. Socialism as an economic and societal system was possible based on the two most important pillars of Marxian political economy: State ownership in the means of production and mandatory central planning (command economy). Nevertheless, these two characteristics are compatible only with dictatorship. On this basis, socialism is neither inevitable nor desirable, because it excludes competition, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. The three questions are analyzed through the academic work of five towering figures: Joseph A. Schumpeter, Karl Polanyi, Friedrich A. Hayek, Karl Popper, and Hannah Arendt. The theoretical findings and inferences resulting from this analysis are compared with the reality of socialism as it existed rather than an imaginary uncontroversial blueprint of socialism. The book discusses the evolution of Soviet communism and its attempts with market reforms to solve its inherent contradictions. It concludes that totalitarian regimes tend to fail in reforms because market freedom is inconsistent with totalitarian control. The author makes a strong case against dictatorship, also in the context of the spreading of nationalist populism around the globe. This book is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of the ideas of socialism, totalitarianism, and populism.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030578437
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book explores the idea of socialism from three angles and raises the questions if socialism is possible, inevitable, and desirable. Socialism as an economic and societal system was possible based on the two most important pillars of Marxian political economy: State ownership in the means of production and mandatory central planning (command economy). Nevertheless, these two characteristics are compatible only with dictatorship. On this basis, socialism is neither inevitable nor desirable, because it excludes competition, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. The three questions are analyzed through the academic work of five towering figures: Joseph A. Schumpeter, Karl Polanyi, Friedrich A. Hayek, Karl Popper, and Hannah Arendt. The theoretical findings and inferences resulting from this analysis are compared with the reality of socialism as it existed rather than an imaginary uncontroversial blueprint of socialism. The book discusses the evolution of Soviet communism and its attempts with market reforms to solve its inherent contradictions. It concludes that totalitarian regimes tend to fail in reforms because market freedom is inconsistent with totalitarian control. The author makes a strong case against dictatorship, also in the context of the spreading of nationalist populism around the globe. This book is a must-read for everybody interested in a better understanding of the ideas of socialism, totalitarianism, and populism.
The Socialist Tragedy
Author: Ivor Bulmer-Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Socialism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Socialism
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Failed Crusade
Author: Stephen F. Cohen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393322262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In the 1990s, as Russia under Yeltsin began the transition to a market economy, most American Russia-watchers saw an optimistic future ahead. In the early twenty-first century, so-called reform economic policies have left some 70 percent of Russians living near the poverty line -- many embittered, deprived of life savings, welfare subsidies, health care, and job security. What has happened in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union? What led U.S. experts and the media to so seriously misjudge the situation?
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393322262
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
In the 1990s, as Russia under Yeltsin began the transition to a market economy, most American Russia-watchers saw an optimistic future ahead. In the early twenty-first century, so-called reform economic policies have left some 70 percent of Russians living near the poverty line -- many embittered, deprived of life savings, welfare subsidies, health care, and job security. What has happened in Russia since the dissolution of the Soviet Union? What led U.S. experts and the media to so seriously misjudge the situation?
First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
Author: Slavoj Žižek
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 1844674282
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
From the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown.
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 1844674282
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
From the tragedy of 9/11 to the farce of the financial meltdown.
William Z. Foster and the Tragedy of American Radicalism
Author: James R. Barrett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Traces the political journey of a worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Traces the political journey of a worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States.