[D66] Axel Honneth at Humboldt University

[J.N.]

    The Idea of Socialism


    *By: *Axel Honneth

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      Description

The idea of socialism has given normative grounding and orientation to
the outrage over capitalism for more than 150 years, and yet today it
seems to have lost much of its appeal. Despite growing discontent, many
would hesitate to invoke socialism when it comes to envisioning life
beyond capitalism. How can we explain the rapid decline of this once
powerful idea? And what must we do to renew it for the twenty-first century?

In this lucid political-philosophical essay, Axel Honneth argues that
the idea of socialism has lost its luster because its theoretical
assumptions stem from the industrial era and are no longer convincing in
our contemporary post-industrial societies. Only if we manage to replace
these assumptions with a concept of history and society that corresponds
to our current experiences will we be able to restore confidence in a
project whose fundamental idea remains as relevant today as it was a
century ago Ð the idea of an economy that realizes freedom in solidarity.

The Idea of Socialism was awarded the Bruno-Kreisky-Prize for the
Political Book of 2015.

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*Hardcover*
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Status
Forthcoming
Edition
First Edition
ISBN
9781509512126
ISBN10
1509512128
Publication Dates ROW:
Dec 2016
Publication Dates US:
Nov 2016
Publication Dates Aus & NZ:
Jan 2017


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On 07/12/2016 07:42 AM, J.N. wrote:
> he Idea of Socialism, a book
> by Axel Honneth

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