Communism Socialism category: 1567 books

Ellen Wilkinson viewed herself as part of an international radical community and became involved in socialist, feminist, and pacifist movements that spanned the globe. By focusing on the extent to which Wilkinson’s activism transcended Britain’s borders, Laura Beers adjusts our perception of the British Left in the early twentieth century.

The Western tradition of the constitutional state, with its ancient roots, defines political extremes as the epitome of that what must be absolutely rejected. It highlights tyranny, despotism, despotic rule, non-autonomy, ruthless enforcing of interests as ‘extreme’, contrasting this to a virtuous...

Stalin was a great admirer of Lenin's from his days as a student at seminary school. After leaving school he became (after a short spell working at a meteorological site) a full time revolutionary in Georgia. Lenin admired the Georgian party - it was ruthless, daring and provided the party with a...

The new Russia is marching in an alarming direction. Emboldened by escalating oil wealth and newfound prominence as a world power, Russia, under the leadership of Vladimir Putin, has veered back toward the authoritarian roots planted in Imperial/Czarist times and firmly established during the Soviet...

Système des contradictions économiques ou Philosophie de la misère, écrit par le polémiste, journaliste, économiste, philosophe et sociologue français Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809 – 1865). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale (Les 2 Tomes) et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.

Solution du problème social, écrit par le polémiste, journaliste, économiste, philosophe et sociologue français Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809 – 1865). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.

La Guerre et la Paix, un gros ouvrage écrit par le polémiste, journaliste, économiste, philosophe et sociologue français Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809 – 1865). La Guerre et la Paix, recherches sur le principe et la constitution du droit des gens, où il justifie le droit de la force comme...

5 Obras de José Carlos Mariátegui Escritor, periodista, y pensador político marxista peruano (1894-1930) Este libro electrónico presenta una colección de 5 Obras de José Carlos Mariátegui en texto completo. Un índice interactivo permite...

Henri Lefebvre is widely recognized as one of the most influential social theorists of the Twentieth Century. His writings on cities, everyday life, and the production of space have become hugely influential across Cultural Studies, Sociology, Geography and Architecture. Key Writings presents the...

A rich and accessible introduction to Marx’s fundamental concepts from a key intellectual—now updated Written by one of political theory’s leading thinkers, The Philosophy of Marx examines all the key areas of Marx’s writings in their wider historical and theoretical context—including...

The Productive Body asks how the human body and its labor have been expropriated and re-engineered through successive stages of capitalism; and how capitalism’s transformation of the body is related to the rise of scientific psychology and social science disciplines complicit with modern regimes of...

"In 1793, William Godwin, the first philosopher of anarchism, published An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice. This three-volume work gives evidence of being strongly influenced by the ideas of the French Revolution and argues that the rational being, the human, must be given complete freedom...

"A mesmerizing read…A literary work of high distinction.” —William Grimes, New York Times This “gripping and poignant memoir” (New York Times Book Review) draws us into the intersections of everyday life and Communist power from the first days of “Liberation” in 1949 through the...

Thought reform is arguably China’s most controversial social policy. If reeducation’s critics and defenders agree on little else, they share the conviction that ideological remolding is inseparable from its Mao-era roots. This is the first major English-language study to explore one of the most...