The Psychology of Marxian Socialism

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Henry de Man
Routledge, 2020 M02 18 - 520 pages
This classic work on the psychology of socialism carries for this edition a slightly refurbished title. By calling it The Psychology of Marxian Socialism, the work is sharply distinguished from an earlier work of the same title (written at a much earlier time) by Gustave LeBon. This book was written in the post-Bolshevik revolutionary era, at the height of the Weimar democracy in Germany; LeBon’s represents a fin de siècle effort, reflecting earlier concerns in socialist theory. De Man’s work derives its strength from a close and hard look at how socialism operated in one country. It is probably one of the greatest such efforts in the post-World War I period.
 

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AUTHORS FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION
THE THEORY OF MOTIVES AS THE CENTRAL PROBLEM
THE SOCIAL INFERIORITY COMPLEX OF THE WORKING
EXPLOITATION OPPRESSION AND JOYLESS LABOUR
EQUALITY AND DEMOCRACY
SOLIDARITY ESCHATOLOGY RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM
SOCIALIST CONCEPTION OF THE FUTURE SOCIETY
INTELLECTUALS AND THE STATE
PROLETARIAN CULTURE OR EMBOURGEOISEMENT?
SOCIALISM IN TIME FROM REVOLUTIONISM TO REFORMISM
SOCIALISM IN SPACE FROM INTERNATIONALISM
MARXIST RATIONALISM
MARXIST ECONOMIC HEDONISM
MARXIST DETERMINISM
THE MARXISM OF THE ELECT AND THE MARXISM OF
THEORY AND PRACTICE

THE SOCIALISM OF INTELLECTUALS
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