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Intro -- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Copyright Details -- Table of Contents, p. vii -- Publisher's Preface, p. xv -- Foreword, p. xix -- Preface to the Second English Edition, p. 1 -- Translator's Note, p. 3 -- Preface to the Second German Edition, p. 5 -- Introduction, p. 15 -- Part 1. Liberalism and Socialism -- Chapter 1. Ownership, p. 27 -- Chapter 2. Socialism, p. 45 -- Chapter 3. The Social Order and the Political Constitution, p. 58 -- Chapter 4. The Social Order and the Family, p. 74 -- Part 2. The Economics of a Socialist Community -- 1. The Economics of an Isolated Socialist Community -- Chapter 5. The Nature of Economic Activity, p. 95 -- Chapter 6. The Organization of Production Under Socialism, p. 110 -- Chapter 7. The Distribution of Income, p. 131 -- Chapter 8. The Socialist Community Under Stationary Conditions, p. 142 -- Chapter 9. The Position of the Individual Under Socialism, p. 163 -- Chapter 10. Socialism Under Dynamic Conditions, p. 173 -- Chapter 11. The Impracticability of Socialism, p. 186 -- 2. The Foreign Relations of a Socialist Community -- Chapter 12. national Socialism and World Socialism, p. 197 -- Chapter 13. The Problem of Migration Under Socialism, p. 201 -- Chapter 14. Foreign Trade Under Socialism, p. 205 -- 3. Particular Forms of Socialism and Pseudo-Socialism -- Chapter 15. Particular Forms of Socialism, p. 211 -- Chapter 16. Pseudo-Socialis Systems, p. 233 -- Part 3. The Alleged Inevitability of Socialism -- 1. Social Evolution -- Chapter 17. Socialistic Chilliasm, p. 249 -- Chapter 18. Society, p. 256 -- Chapter 19. Conflict as a Factor in Social Evolution, p. 279 -- Chapter 20. The Clash of Class Interests and the Class War, p. 292 -- Chapter 21. The Materialist Conception of History, p. 314.

"Discusses socialism as a political system, and details the history of socialist governments throughout the world"--Provided by publisher

Since the eighteenth century, socialism has evolved alongside increasingly industrial societies in which workers and the government keep the wealthy few from exploiting the masses. Socialism has been shaped by Communism and Democracy both, and has undergone changes in the twentieth century alongside the turmoil of World Wars and the Cold War. The birth of Socialism is examined as well as major figures in its development and practice in government and labor unions. This comprehensive volume intersperses historical context with photographs, artwork, publications and more to help readers comprehend this important and evolving movement.

There are principles in the world by which everything happens, by which the world works. This applies to both natural and social phenomena. However, it happens that these principles are inverted into something completely different. It is also often the case, in order to hide the true essence, that new names for phenomena or processes that obscure things and hide the right intentions are invented. The best example of how this works in practice can be seen in the examples of totalitarianism and democracy. The principle of totalitarianism is based on an authoritarian system of government, unlimited power of the leader, aggressive expansionism and control of the state. In its original meaning, democracy (the rule of the people - the majority) is the opposite of totalitarianism. However, do we have the true rule of the people today, or is there just a new form of totalitarianism behind that phrase? Every period, including this one today, imposes some general ideas that preoccupy people and nations. One such example is the mundialist idea of organizing a "world without borders" as a whole into which individual peoples and states are immersed. A process called transition has been imposed as a by-product of globalization and a mandatory pattern for former socialist countries. Therefore, Wallerstein is right in saying that the whole world is in a situation of "a kind of global transition". A large number of papers have been written in an effort to explain these processes. One of the discourses that can explain the "global transition" is the principle of inverted socialism. Namely, if socialism is based on the idea of social justice, that is, the distribution of social wealth to as many members of society as possible, the inverted socialism operates on the principle of profit privatization, and the socialization of losses at all levels. Globally, the rich (2%) are becoming richer and the majority of the population is becoming poorer. As a result of such a process, instead of a harmonious future, as Fukuyama predicted, there is the death of the welfare state on the one hand, and the socialization of losses on the other (the best example is the world financial crisis and bank rehabilitation by the states - of course at the expense of the people). Therefore, both globally and locally, it is time for a new Marx and a new true rather than inverted socialism.

Though it may be surprising in today's political context, in which the term ""socialism"" is often uttered like a profane insult, this political school of thought was quite popular in the early twentieth century and gained a significant amount of traction among prominent thinkers and leaders. In this concise volume, author Edward F. Adams presents two stinging critiques of socialism, and many of his arguments remain just as compelling nearly a century later

Intro -- À propos de Collection XIX -- Titre -- INTRODUCTION -- LIVRE PREMIER - EXPOSITION RAISONNÉE DE LA DOCTRINE COLLECTIVISTE -- CHAPITRE UNIQUE - Critique par Karl Marx et par son école de la société capitaliste -- LIVRE DEUXIÈME - RÉFUTATION DE L'ARGUMENTATION CRITIQUE DES COLLECTIVISTES -- CHAPITRE PREMIER - Théorie de la valeur -- CHAPITRE II - La loi d'airain -- CHAPITRE III - Productivité du capital. - Intérêt et profits -- CHAPITRE IV - Le principe de la population -- CHAPITRE V - L'accumulation primitive -- LIVRE TROISIÈME - CRITIQUE DU COLLECTIVISME -- CHAPITRE PREMIER - Vues générales -- CHAPITRE II - De la répartition des richesses en collectivisme -- CHAPITRE III - De la production des richesses et du progrès en collectivisme -- CHAPITRE IV - Du luxe -- CHAPITRE V - Le collectivisme et la liberté -- CHAPITRE VI - Le collectivisme entraînerait la stagnation et même la rétrogradation du genre humain -- LIVRE QUATRIÈME - LES RÉFORMES PRATIQUES -- CHAPITRE PREMIER - Le double caractère de l'humanité -- CHAPITRE II - Antinomies diverses. - Leur solution -- CHAPITRE III - Solution -- Note au lecteur -- Page de titre de l'édition imprimée -- Copyright

The immediate causes of the current crisis in socialism are the highly authoritarian and extremely hierarchical political and economic structures created by Leninism. Yet the collapse of state socialism also appears to be part of a more general crisis of socialism, a crisis that includes even its potentially more democratic variants. At the core of this broader crisis lies the diminishing appeal of the publicly owned enterprise, an institution that has always been central to the very definition of socialism, but whose economic advantages are called into question by the recent and rapid development of global markets in factors of production and especially in assets. Consequently, communism's demise by no means signifies a victory for either democratic socialism or even social democracy.

Begins with a description of Western socialism, or social democracy, identifying three key features, or ambitions. This "participatory" socialism, marked by democracy, regulation, & welfare, is deemed conventional, but a "natural" & adverse tendency toward authoritarianism & hierarchy is also seen to operate. Attention is given to "socialism-in-the-making's" political/moral character & social location in the contested spaces of civil society. D. Edelman