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<h2>The Idea of Socialism</h2>
<h2><strong>By: </strong>Axel Honneth <br>
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<p>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?</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The Idea of Socialism was awarded the Bruno-Kreisky-Prize for
the Political Book of 2015.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/12/2016 07:42 AM, J.N. wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">he Idea of Socialism, a book
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