Isbn: 9781608467921 - socialism from below (3 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The divisions running through the history of the socialist movement between reformists and revolutionaries, authoritarians and democrats, putschists and gradualists-the divisions and disputes which have provided the categories in terms of which the history of the movement has been written-are secondary. The important distinction is between those socialists who looked for some outside authority which would hand down salvation to the grateful masses from above and those who saw the key to the reform of existing society in the struggle from below for self-emancipation. Behind the question: What do we mean by socialism? lies a more important question. What do we mean by democracy.…

paperback. Zustand: Acceptable. May have underlining, highlighting, margin notes, remainder marks, inscriptions, book plates, tears, significant wear, and/or a missing dust jacket, box, or discs. Damaged item.

Zustand: as new. Chicago, IL : Haymarket Books, 2019. Reprint. Paperback. vii, 407 pp. - As a new generation discovers socialism, this important text by American Marxist Hal Draper makes the case that genuine liberation can only come from the self-activity of workers. Draper outlines the important distinction in the socialist movement between those who looked for freedom to be handed down from above and those who saw the revolutionary struggle as being led by ordinary people from below for their own liberation. The late Hal Draper was the author of the five-volume study of Karl Marx's Theory of Revolution Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9781608467921. Keywords : SOCIALISM.…