Socialism A Summary And Interpretation Of Socialist Principles

"Socialism: A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles" by John Spargo. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

John Spargo (1876-1966) was an American socialist writer and muckraker who later became a renowned expert in the history and crafts of Vermont. In 1901 the British born Spargo received an invitation from the private lecture bureau to travel to America to spend a couple months traveling the country, speaking about socialism. The lecture tour was not what he had expected and Spargo shoveled snow and ate in bread lines until he could establish himself. Spargo was elected to the National Committee of the Socialist Party in 1905. Socialism: A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles was first published in 1906. Topics include Robert Owen and the utopian spirit, The "Communist Manifesto" and the scientific spirit, The materialistic conception of history, Capitalism and the law of concentration, The class struggle theory, Karl Marx and the economics of socialism, Outlines of socialist economic theory, Outlines of the socialist state, and The means of realization.

'A Critical Examination of Socialism' is a nonfiction that delves into detail as to why socialism may not be a good fit for a system of government. It is written by William Hurrell Mallock, who is well-known for his support of the Roman Catholic Church and in opposition to positivist philosophy and socialism.

The book presents an analysis of the concept of rights and provides an illuminating expression of socialist ideals. The author outlines an analysis of fundamental human rights compatible with historical relativism and applies this to the political right of freedom of expression and the economic right to work. Finally he deploys the proposed analysis of socialist rights to explain the ambivalence of socialist thinkers towards welfare rights in contemporary capitalist states and to analyze the logic of assertions that welfare law is often counter-productive.

Translated from the second German edition (published 1932) of the author's Die Gemeinwirtschaft.