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Terrorisme et communisme " est probablement l’un des textes les plus magnifiques de Trotsky, l'un des plus clairs, des plus tranchants et des plus puissants. La raison est simple : par-delà les capacités personnelles de l'auteur, c'est ici la voix de la révolution qui s'exprime, aux heures...

Until recently, liberalism was, according to Karl Polanyi, embedded within civil society, working closely with a democratic state intent on addressing, in solidarity, the social risks associated with modern capitalism. Modern relations between society and the state. Today’s neoliberalism is, to...

Pacto, Farc-Santos subtitulado Efectos geopolíticos y geoestratégicos de un error histórico, recopila y analiza los aspectos más resaltantes de las conversaciones de paz realizadas en La Habana Cuba durante el lapso 2012-2016, entre los delegados del gobierno colombiano y algunos cabecillas de...

La Rivoluzione russa del 1917 ha inciso profondamente sulla storia del Novecento. E anche sulla vita di Antonio Gramsci, giovane sardo emigrato a Torino e giornalista socialista. Formatosi nel clima antipositivistico del tempo, egli ha al centro del proprio bagaglio culturale l’importanza della...

The great French Marxist philosopher weighs up the contributions of the three major critics of modernity With the translation of Lefebvre's philosophical writings, his stature in the English-speaking world continues to grow. Though certainly within the Marxist tradition, he consistently saw...

Robert Owen was a Welshtextile manufacturer, philanthropic social reformer, and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. Owen is best known for his efforts to improve the working conditions of his factory workers and his promotion of experimental socialistic communities....

A valuable piece of intellectual history, readable in its own terms, this volume, beginning with the Renaissance and the Reformation, traces the growth of Liberal doctrine until the advent of the French Revolution. It shows the relation of Liberalism to the new economic system, and the impact of this...

An excellent and entertaining essayist, Laski’s volume deals with the issues of politics and law in Europe and American during the 1920s and 30s. It is unified by the concpetion of democracy as a society of equals sharing in a common good.

To mark the centenary of its first publication in 1848, the Labour Party issued this important special edition of the Communist Manifesto. In his (then) new historical introduction, Harold Laski discussed the authors of the Manifesto, their background and the development of their ideas. He outlined...

As a sequel to Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty, this volume, originally published in 1919, expands Laski’s pluralist doctrine of the state, (using France as its reference) but covers rather broader ground, since its main object is to insist that the problem of sovereignty is only a special...

An influential study of political power, originally published in 1917. Laski's theoretical ideas are elaborated through examples drawn from political and religious movements, such as the Catholic Revival and the creation of the German Empire. He concludes that the state is not a supreme entity; it is one association among many that must compete for the people's loyalty and obedience.

This work remains of interest to anyone concerned with Britain’s political institutions and how they might be reformed. Laski was strongly in favour of utilising Britain’s capacity for decisive government to drive through great social reforms. He was still confident that there was a majority will...