After Socialism Volume 20 Part 1

Download or read book After Socialism: Volume 20, Part 1 written by Ellen Frankel Paul and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve philosophers, historians, and political philosophers assess aspects of socialism in the context of its recent reversals. Some essays examine the moral and political values that made socialism appealing to intellectuals, or evaluate whether aspects of socialism should be preserved, such as its quest for equality and community. Others examine whether free-market systems need to be further modified in response to ongoing socialist critiques or attest to the continuing validity of socialism by suggesting ways in which it may still have a productive future.