The Future Of Socialism
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Cracked spine. Usual aging. Pages otherwise in good condition with binidng intact.
A landmark work of postwar political thought, The Future of Socialism presents a bold and rigorous reexamination of left-wing ideology in the context of mid-twentieth-century Britain. C. A. R. Crosland argues that the traditional socialist preoccupation with public ownership and nationalization had become outdated, and that the true goals of socialism — greater equality, social justice, and individual freedom — could be achieved within a reformed capitalist framework. Written with intellectual confidence and analytical precision, the text challenges orthodox Labour Party doctrine and charts a revisionist course that would shape the trajectory of centre-left politics for decades. Crosland draws on economics, sociology, and political philosophy to illustrate how rising prosperity and the managed mixed economy had fundamentally altered the landscape that earlier socialists had sought to transform. Ambitious in scope and bracingly direct in argument, this seminal 1956 treatise remains one of the most influential and debated contributions to democratic socialist theory ever written.
Author: C. A. R. Crosland
Format: Paperback
Published: 1964, Jonathan Cape
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: First British Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Cracked spine. Usual aging. Pages otherwise in good condition with binidng intact.
A landmark work of postwar political thought, The Future of Socialism presents a bold and rigorous reexamination of left-wing ideology in the context of mid-twentieth-century Britain. C. A. R. Crosland argues that the traditional socialist preoccupation with public ownership and nationalization had become outdated, and that the true goals of socialism — greater equality, social justice, and individual freedom — could be achieved within a reformed capitalist framework. Written with intellectual confidence and analytical precision, the text challenges orthodox Labour Party doctrine and charts a revisionist course that would shape the trajectory of centre-left politics for decades. Crosland draws on economics, sociology, and political philosophy to illustrate how rising prosperity and the managed mixed economy had fundamentally altered the landscape that earlier socialists had sought to transform. Ambitious in scope and bracingly direct in argument, this seminal 1956 treatise remains one of the most influential and debated contributions to democratic socialist theory ever written.