History 1401E Lecture : The Socialist Challenge.doc
22 Mar 2012
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The socialist challenge response to the social problems of the industrial revolution: regarded the existing capitalist system as unjust, believed that wealth should be owned socially or collectively, man is good but oppressed by evil circumstances. Influenced by g. w. f hegel: meets up with friedrich engles life long friend and supports him finically, communist manifesto & capital (writings, believed that economic interests drove human behaviour, history was the history of class conflict. Evolutionary socialism critiqued marx capitalism wasn"t breaking down: evolution vs revolution same end by working with the system, the bernstein debate dominated european socialism. Property is theft: humanities good will would emerge when all the evil structures are gone, mikhai bakunin destruction is a creative passion, known for political assassinations (7 heads of state) Anarcho- syndicalism reflections on violence (1908) written by gorges sorel (wanted to create unions: advocated direct action and violence. Myth" of the general strike people needed inspiration to keep them going during hard times.
