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<p>Rather than contributing to the long-standing discussion about the characteristics of the society that socialism proposes to establish, this <em>Routledge Revival,</em> initially published in 1976, aims to explore the impact of the âliving utopiaâ of socialism on the development of modern society.</p><p><br></p><ul><li style=list-style: none><br></li><li>It begins with an analysis of the role of utopia in general, and of the socialist utopia in particular;</li><li style=list-style: none><br><p><br></p></li><li>Bauman considers the opposition between âutopianâ and âscientificâ social thought;</li><li style=list-style: none><br><p><br></p></li><li>He presents socialism as the âcounter-cultureâ of capitalist society;</li><li style=list-style: none><br><p><br></p></li><li>The book finally examines the reasons for the failure of socialism in its application to the peasant revolution in Russia.</li><li style=list-style: none><br></li></ul><br><p>It then explores some possible forms that the socialist utopia might take in the industrial societies of the late twentieth century. Professor Bauman writes for those who want to understand the logic of the historical fate of s

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Author
Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher
Routledge Revivals
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9781136999505
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Political Science, Sociology, Economics

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