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050	1	4	_aHX 44 _bH311so 2011
100	1		_aHarrington, Michael _d1928-1989 _915018
245	1	0	_aSocialism : past and future : _bthe classic text on the role of socialism in modern society / _cMichael Harrington.
260			_aNew York : _bArcade Publishing, _c2011.
300			_a320 pages ; _c21 cm.
505	0		_aHypotheses Socialisms Authoritarian collectivisms The Realpolitik of utopia The end of socialism? The third creation of the world Socialization revisited Market and plan Visionary gradualism.
520			_aOn learning his cancer was inoperable, renowned intellectual Michael Harrington simply asked the doctors to keep him alive long enough "to complete a summary statement of the themes I had thought of throughout an activist life." And they did. Socialism: Past and Future is prominent thinker and democratic socialist Michael Harrington's final contribution: a thoughtful, intelligent, and compassionate treatise on the role of socialism both past and present in modern society. He is convincing in his application of classic socialist theory to current economic situations and modern political systems, and he examines the validity of the idea of "visionary gradualism" in bringing about a socialist agenda. He believes that if freedom and justice are to survive into the next century, the socialist movement will be a critical factor. This is the definitive text on the role of socialism throughout history which Publishers Weekly calls "succinct, readable" and the Los Angeles Times Book Review says is "magnificent . . . more than anything, this is a book about hope
650		4	_aSocialismo _93010
650		4	_aHistoria del socialismo _95420
650		4	_aCiencias políticas _94398
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