Socialism : an analysis of its past and future / by Erzsébet Szalai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Szalai, Erzsébet.

Standardized Title:

Első válaszkísérlet

Language:

English

Hungarian

Subjects (All):

Socialism.

Socialism--History.

History.

Physical Description:

81 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2005.

Summary:

In this short, but rich piece of work, Erzsébet Szalai offers a neo-socialist alternative to socialism (i.e. communist ruled state-socialism) and neo-capitalism. Drawing upon the fertile tradition of left-wing Hungarian Social Sciences, she offers her own theory of transitional society, suggesting that socialism was not an independent formation, but instead a society in transition. She relocates soviet-type societies on the semi-periphery of the capitalist world system. In addition she offers a critique of capitalism that pivots on the two connected issues of over production and ecological crisis. She makes the distinction between an anti-globalism critique and a globalization critique, locating herself in the latter. This work offers readers the opportunity to engage in a critique of capitalism that is organized along a new understanding of socialism itself.

Contents:

The power structure and ownership relations of semi-peripheral socialism

Power and society

The issue of interest integration

Actors of the open crisis

The socio-cultural heritage and its structural effects

The one-party system and the transitory society

The message

The chances of the new socialist alternative

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [75]-81).

ISBN:

9637326294

OCLC:

61247119