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The Cambridge History of Socialism

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This volume describes the various movements and thinkers who wanted social change without state intervention. It covers cases in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. The first part discusses early egalitarian experiments and ideologies in Asia, Europe and the Islamic world, and then moves to early socialist thinkers in Britain, France, and Germany. The second part deals with the rise of the two main currents in socialist movements after 1848: anarchism in its multiple varieties, and Marxism. It also pays attention to organisational forms, including the International Working Men's Association (later called the First International); and it then follows the further development of anarchism and its 'proletarian' sibling, revolutionary syndicalism - its rise and decline from the 1870s until the 1940s on different continents. The volume concludes with critical essays on anarchist transnationalism and the recent revival of anarchism and syndicalism in several parts of the world.

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Published November 3, 2022

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January 20, 2025
El handbook recolecta varios artículos hechos para retratar la historia inicial del socialismo. Creo que como compilación introductoria sirve un montón, hace un panorama o mapa general de todas las áreas históricas en las que se puede estudiar.

Me habría gustado un poco más de densidad teórica a ratos, pero entiendo que no era el objetivo. Además, al ser el primer volumen, el foco ya entrando a los estudios de caso fue de anarquismo, área de la que claramente no hay tanta info. Por esto, hay ciertos capitulos que se sienten como de relleno o medios vacíos, como el de EEUU o el de China, pero se entiende el objetivo de entregar una pincelada amplia.
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