- 28 Apr 2017 01:16
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This is a fascinating subject -- I had to write an essay on it for AP European History. I don't have any books on it (because it has such a negative historiography in the modern era) but I will provide a summary below.
Socialism has been around since ancient times -- Plato's The Republic advocated for a socialist like commonwealth. Modern socialism has its roots in the era of the industrial revolution. Drawing on the methods of the enlightenment philosophes and the terrors of the British gilded age, Philosophers like Saint-Simon contrived to "Utopian Socialism," where people worked in large collectives. Around this era, socialist parties were widely supported in Europe, and to some extent the US. All of socialism took a dark turn when The Soviet Union under Stalin (poorly) interpreted communism. In the US, there is a vivid mindset that prevents it from regaining its reputation, but in Europe, it is slowly gaining back its former pride. Personally, I feel that the person who most destroyed the historiography of Marx's works was Stalin who truly turned Marx and Lenin's ideals into the true terror that most Americans mistake communism for.
If you have any questions in your reading, feel free to ask me.
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