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Title: Anarchism and Socialism
Note: Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Fritz Ohrenschall, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Anarchism and Socialism" by Georgii Valentinovich Plekhanov is a scholarly examination of political ideologies written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the distinctions and conflicts between anarchist thought and socialist principles, critiquing the foundations laid by various theorists, including Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Mikhail Bakunin. It ultimately seeks to clarify the historical and philosophical roots of anarchism while positioning socialism as a more scientifically grounded approach to social organization. The opening of the text introduces the contrast between Utopian socialism and what Plekhanov terms scientific socialism. He discusses the historical context in which early socialists operated, noting their reliance on an abstract notion of "human nature" to propose ideal social structures. Plekhanov critiques this approach, arguing that it lacks the rigor of a materialist perspective, which he believes should focus on economic conditions and the observable reality of class struggle. He sets the stage for a detailed analysis of how these ideologies evolved and interacted, hinting at the complex relationship between individual freedom, collective responsibility, and the role of the state. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich, 1856-1918
Translator: Aveling, Eleanor Marx, 1855-1898
EBook No.: 30506
Published: Nov 20, 2009
Downloads: 115
Language: English
Subject: Socialism
Subject: Anarchism
LoCC: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Anarchism and Socialism
Note: Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Fritz Ohrenschall, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Anarchism and Socialism" by Georgii Valentinovich Plekhanov is a scholarly examination of political ideologies written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the distinctions and conflicts between anarchist thought and socialist principles, critiquing the foundations laid by various theorists, including Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Mikhail Bakunin. It ultimately seeks to clarify the historical and philosophical roots of anarchism while positioning socialism as a more scientifically grounded approach to social organization. The opening of the text introduces the contrast between Utopian socialism and what Plekhanov terms scientific socialism. He discusses the historical context in which early socialists operated, noting their reliance on an abstract notion of "human nature" to propose ideal social structures. Plekhanov critiques this approach, arguing that it lacks the rigor of a materialist perspective, which he believes should focus on economic conditions and the observable reality of class struggle. He sets the stage for a detailed analysis of how these ideologies evolved and interacted, hinting at the complex relationship between individual freedom, collective responsibility, and the role of the state. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich, 1856-1918
Translator: Aveling, Eleanor Marx, 1855-1898
EBook No.: 30506
Published: Nov 20, 2009
Downloads: 115
Language: English
Subject: Socialism
Subject: Anarchism
LoCC: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.