The Cambridge History of Socialism
The Cambridge History of Socialism
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USDThis volume describes the various movements and thinkers who wanted social change without state intervention. It covers cases in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The first part discusses early egalitarian experiments and ideologies in Asia, Europe and the Islamic world, and then moves to early socialist thinkers in Britain, France, and Germany. The second part deals with the rise of the two main currents in socialist movements after 1848: anarchism in its multiple varieties, and Marxism. It also pays attention to organisational forms, including the International Working Men's Association (later called the First International); and it then follows the further development of anarchism and its 'proletarian' sibling, revolutionary syndicalism – its rise and decline from the 1870s until the 1940s on different continents. The volume concludes with critical essays on anarchist transnationalism and the recent revival of anarchism and syndicalism in several parts of the world.
- Offers a much-needed corrective of the current state of the study of socialism from a historical perspective
- A rich collection of expertly written essays focusing on the early socialist movements
- Follows the rise and decline of anarchism and revolutionary syndicalism across various continents
Product details
February 2023Hardback
9781108481342
688 pages
235 × 158 × 37 mm
1.23kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction to Volume I Marcel van der Linden
- Part I. Beginnings
- Section 1. Egalitarianism:
- 1. Mazdak and late antique 'socialism' Touraj Daryaee
- 2. Egalitarianism in Islamic thought and praxis Asma Afsaruddin
- 3. Egalitarianism in Europe: Hussites, Anabaptists, Racovians, Hutterites and Diggers Thomas A. Fudge
- 4. The Taiping land program: creating a moral environment Rudolf G. Wagner
- Section 2. Early Socialisms:
- 5. Saint-Simon and Saint-Simonism Jeremy Jennings
- 6. Robert Owen and Owenism Gregory Claeys
- 7. Charles Fourier and Fourierism Jonathan Beecher
- 8. Etienne Cabet and the Icarian movement in France and the United States Christopher H. Johnson
- 9. Wilhelm Weitling and early German socialism Bertel Nygaard
- Section 3. The Arrival of the Hostile Siblings: Marxism and Anarchism:
- 10. The International Working Men's Association (1864–1876/77) Fabrice Bensimon
- 11. Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and early workers' movements Lucia Pradella
- 12. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's mutualist social science Alex Prichard
- 13. Mikhail Bakunin and social anarchism Wolfgang Eckhardt
- 14. Peter Kropotkin and communist anarchism Ruth Kinna
- Part II. Negating State Power
- Section 4. The North-Atlantic Region:
- 15. Anarchism and syndicalism in France Alexander Varias
- 16. Spain in revolt: the revolutionary legacy of anarchism and anarcho-syndicalism George Esenwein
- 17. Anarchism and syndicalism in Italy Carl Levy
- 18. Anarchism and syndicalism in the United Kingdom David Goodway
- 19. Anarchism and syndicalism in the United States Kenyon Zimmer
- Section 5. Africa, Asia, Latin America:
- 20. Mexican socialism John Mason Hart
- 21. Anarchism and syndicalism in Argentina Geoffroy de Laforcade
- 22. Anarchism and syndicalism in Brazil Claudio Batalha
- 23. Anarchism and Syndicalism in Southern Africa Lucien van der Walt
- 24. Anarchism and syndicalism in China Gotelind Müller
- Section 6. Worldwide Connections:
- 25. Anarchist transnationalism Constance Bantman
- 26. The global revival of anarchism and syndicalism Felipe Corrêa.
