Concept
History of socialism
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Socialism as a power in Europe may be said to begin with Marx. It is true that before his time there were Socialist theories, both in England and in France. It is also true that in France, during the revolution of 1848, Socialism for a brief period acquired considerable influence in the State. But the Socialists who preceded Marx tended to indulge in Utopian dreams and failed to found any strong or stable political…
Bertrand Russell, Proposed Roads to Freedom
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This eagerness of the leading bourgeoisie to adopt, at least the outward show of Socialism, was caused by a great change that had come over the working classes of Germany. There had been ever since 1840 a fraction of German workmen, who, travelling in France and Switzerland, had more or less imbibed the crude Socialist or Communist notions then current among the French workmen. The increasing attention paid to…
Friedrich Engels, Revolution and Counter-Revolution
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This system gained an undue attention because it was made the instrument of a socialist propaganda under the leadership of Ferdinand Lassalle.(151) This active leader, in 1863, founded the German “Workingmen’s Union,” a year earlier than the “International(152) Association.” In 1869 Liebknecht and his friends established the “Social Democratic Workingmen’s Party,” which after some difficulties absorbed the followers…
John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy
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