The Socialism of to-day

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Identifikator:: 835096955

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-28834

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Laveleye, Émile de

Title:: The Socialism of to-day

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Field & Tuer

Year of publication:: 1884

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XLIV, 331 S.)

Collection:: Economics Books

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H THE SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. CHAPTER III. RODBERTUS-JAGETZOW. G erman Socialists of note have not drawn up the plan of a new society. Unlike Sir Thomas More, Babeuf, Fourrier, or Gäbet, they do not present us with an ideal, a Utopia, a perfect city which would be a Paradise on earth. They have a profound knowledge of Political Economy and of the facts proved by statistics. They have studied history, law, the dead languages, and foreign literature. They belong to the well-to-do class, and are scholars by profession. They do not allow themselves to be led astray by the chimeras of others, nor ^by those to which their own imagination may give birth. They content themselves with criticising the classical works on Political Economy, and with placing in strong relief the evils of existing social conditions. Their works have thus the same characteristics as those of Proudhon ; but though less clear and brilliant, they have more coherence and solidity. To disentangle their mistakes, sustained attention and pro found knowledge of economical principles are needed. After Mario, there comes a writer little known outside Germany, and seldom quoted, but whose few and brief writings contain, as Dr. Rudolf Meyer very justly says,* all the ideas * See Dr. Rudolf Meyer’s remarkable work : “ The Struggle for the Emancipation of the Fourth Estate.” {Die Emamipations-kampf des vierten Standes.) The second edition has lately appeared. Hermann Bahr, Berlin, 1882. [An abstract of the opinions of Rodbertu^, translated from the above work of Dr. Rudolf Meyer, will be found in the appendix to Mr. Hyndman’s book, “The Historical Basis of Socialism in England.” London, 1883. 7V.]

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