Democratic socialism in Britain : classic texts in economic and political thought 1825-1952
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Democratic socialism in Britain : classic texts in economic and political thought 1825-1952
Pickering & Chatto, 1996
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Socialism
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Description
Socialists are united far more by their shared opposition to anomic individualism than by their commitment to any single interpretative scheme or body of beliefs. However, the 42 texts by the 27 socialists represented in this collection show that, in spite of the striking differences, there are certain crucial similarities and points of convergence. These volumes show that in Britain, at least in the years from 1825-1952, the democrats who called themselves socialists tended to concentrate their discussion around four common themes that served as the core of their common cause: quest for community, the institution of equality, the rehabilitation of the state, and transition by consent.
The classic texts contained in these ten volumes, which encompass the Ricardian socialists, the Christian socialists, and the Fabian socialists, seek to make human interaction and social responsibility the centrepiece of economic debate from a variety of ideological perspectives. These key contributions to British thought between 1825 and 1952 are still a source of stimulus to students of political economy even as they have acquired the status of great historical works.
Table of Contents
- Volume 1 T Hodgskin, Labour Defended (1825)
- W Thompson, Labour Rewarded (1827). David Ricardo, Principles of Political Economy (1817). Volume 2 F D Maurice, A Dialogue between Somebody and Nobody (1850)
- Reasons for Co-operation (1851)
- A Clergyman s Answer (1851)
- On the Reformation of Society (1851)
- C Kingsley, Cheap Clothes and Nasty (1851)
- The Message of the Church to Labouring Men (1851)
- The Application of Associative Principles and Methods to Agriculture (1851)
- Who are the Friends of Order? (1852)
- J M Ludlow, 'The Great Partnership' (1848)
- Labour and the Poor (1850)
- The Working Associations of Paris (1850)
- Christian Socialism and its Opponents (1851) Volume 3 W Morris, A Summary of the Principles of Socialism (with H M Hyndman) (1884)
- Art and Socialism (1884)
- The Manifesto of the Socialist League (with E Belfort Bax) (1885)
- The Labour Question from the Socialist Standpoint (1886)
- Signs of Change (1888)
- Statement of the Principles of the Hammersmith Socialist Society (1890)
- How I Became a Socialist (1894) Volume 4 G B Shaw, ed, Fabian Essays (1889) Volume 5 A J Penty, Old Worlds for New (1917) Volume 6 H J Laski, A Grammar of Politics (1925) Volume 7 G D H Cole, Principles of Economic Planning (1935) Volume 8 D P T Jay, The Socialist Case (1937) Volume 9 R H S Crossman, ed, New Fabian Essays (1952) Volume 10 A Bevan, In Place of Fear (1952)
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