Heaven on Earth (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Joshua Muravchik
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: The late 1700’s through the late 1900’s
- Principal Characters: François Noël Babeuf, Robert Owen, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Eduard Bernstein, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Julius Nyerere, Samuel Gompers, George Meany
- Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, History, Sociology
- Subjects: Ideology, Communism or communists, Politics, Socialism, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Eighteenth century, Political science, Economics, Idealism, Capitalism, Reformers, Work or workers, Industry, Utopias, Soviet Union or Soviets, Fascism, Geopolitics, Economic policy, Cooperation
Visions of an ideal, intentionally designed society are at least as old as the writings of Plato (c. 428-348 b.c.e.), but only in modern times have there been efforts to realize those visions through social movements and political efforts. Following the French Revolution, socialism developed as one of the most inspiring and influential programs of social and economic planning. Socialism, as Joshua Muravchik recognizes in this new history, took on several forms, but all were united by the ideas that cooperation, rather than competition, could and should be the driving force of human...
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