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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THE SOCIALISM OF TO-DAY. 116 CHAPTER VIII. CATHOLIC SOCIALISTS. I N former chapters we have given an account of the doctrines of the masters of German Socialism, Lassalle and Karl Marx. But in order to understand the power of this great movement of ideas against which the German Empire, in / the midst of all its triumphs, deems that exceptional measures are necessary, it must be studied in all its varieties, and these varieties are numerous. There are Democratic Socialists, In- ; ternational Socialists, Christian Socialists and Social Christians, Catholic Socialists, State Socialists, Socialists of the Chair, and many more besides. It is the Catholic Socialists whose ideas i we shall now endeavour to make known. An Italian diplomatist, Baron Blanc, a man of great pene tration, and one who had constant intercourse with Cavour, often told me how this great and far-seeing patriot had predicted that one day Ultramontanism would ally itself with Socialism- M. Blanc himself confidently believed this. Prince Bismarck, too, has many a time spoken of the union of the Red with the Black International, and in its good as well as its bad sense the saying is true. The two doctrines, Catholicism and Socialism, do, in fact, both place their ideal above and beyond the father land, and dream of the establishment of a new order of things in which the same principles shall reign everywhere. Whether it be a virtue or a fault, both are ready to sacrifice nationality to universality. The predictions of Cavour and Bismarck seem , to-day to be realized. In Germany the Catholic Socialistic movement can now count fifteen years of existence. At the last elections for the Imperial Parliament, Socialists and Ultra- !

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