In Socialist Thought Fried and Sanders set socialism within its historical context from pre-revolutionary France to the present by using major turning points such as 1789, when the French Revolution... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Best introduction to Socialism available anywhere.
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I have to say that for once I have no problem whatsoever in giving a book a five star rating. This book delivers and delivers and delivers. It's nothing less than a great survey of all of socialist thought which means that in this book you'll find many extremely thought provoking essays by authors that are very out of print and hard to come by. If your just getting interested in socialism and you really want to find a 'reader' that won't rip you off go no further. Note:the one section that's deficient is the Marx/Engels section. There are plenty of good M & E readers out there so don't despair. Anyways, one of the secrets of this book which is the argument put forth that M & E are very, very far from being the be all and end all of socialism. Enjoy!
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