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Against socialist illusion

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London; Macmillan; 1985Description: 327 pISBN:
  • 333370953
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 335 SEL
Summary: A powerful critique of socialist illusion, this is the first book from the left to take the political and intellectual arguments of the right seriously, and to tackle head-on the follies and errors of many of the left's major assumptions. It takes up a series of heretical and startling positions on "middle-class socialism', welfare, the trade unions and comprehensive education in a formidable exploration of socialist wishful thinking. Written with a force and style capable of reshaping discussion of the left's dilemmas, it is also a major contribution to contemporary social and political theory.
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A powerful critique of socialist illusion, this is the first book from the left to take the political and intellectual arguments of the right seriously, and to tackle head-on the follies and errors of many of the left's major assumptions. It takes up a series of heretical and startling positions on "middle-class socialism', welfare, the trade unions and comprehensive education in a formidable exploration of socialist wishful thinking. Written with a force and style capable of reshaping discussion of the left's dilemmas, it is also a major contribution to contemporary social and political theory.

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