In my study of economics, I have learned a bit about socialis
Writing a book based on this outline is a years-long project. Some parts are not filled out in the outline because I know too much and my thoughts are unorganized (not that you might disagree with my emphasis and story). Others are not filled out because I know too little. I am aware I have spelling mistakes. Some needs to be reorganized....
Thoughts On Economics
An Outline Of A History Of SocialismRobert Vienneau
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Now we know what Eve knew after taking a bite of the forbidden fruit.
As I posted on the Thoughts on Economics blog,
"A good outline,s but perhaps you might consider rereading Edmund Wilson's To the Finland Station.
In addition, you might consider something more than is in your outline, I think, on pre-war and post-war Scandinavian socialism, Arab nationalism (which was generally socialist), and of course the work of African socialists (e.g. Nyerere and Ujama, which looked really bad in the early 1980s, but looks a lot better in the light of 30 years of structural adjustment) and Walter Rodney.
How about some reflection on potlatches?"
You might also wish to look at the Russian pre-Soviet socialist traditions, including the Mir (self governing villages) and the Veche, along with 10th century Russian socialists (e.g. Tkachev or Herzen, with his combination of Socialism, Slavophilism and Westernism), and Russian village communes.
Finally, there is the utopian socialism of Robert Owen, its more pragmatic expression in local socialism via the cooperative movement, and thence is effects on populist socialism elsewhere, e.g. in Cooperative Commonwealth Federation in Canada.
Also the US progressive tradition, you might consider the impacts of the US progressive historians, such as Beard, Parrington, and Turner.
Marian those are all different Platonist theses….
They perhaps will be synthesized by succeeding Platonists into a new thesis…
Good luck…
History is history, Matt!
In every system, there is a huge gulf between what is intended and what actually occurs, as you constantly note. But narrowing that gap is not the purpose of Mr. Vienneau's outline, methinks.
Another saying is: history is another country.
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