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Authoritarian Collectivism and ‘Real Socialism’: Twentieth Century Trajectory, Twenty-First Century Issues

Posted By: roxul
Date: 1 Aug 2022 12:29:45
Authoritarian Collectivism and ‘Real Socialism’: Twentieth Century Trajectory, Twenty-First Century Issues

Jose Mauricio Domingues, "Authoritarian Collectivism and ‘Real Socialism’: Twentieth Century Trajectory, Twenty-First Century Issues "
English | ISBN: 183998077X | 2022 | 96 pages | EPUB | 339 KB

The book discusses so-called real socialism and offers an alternative conceptualization of it as authoritarian collectivism, making use of an analytical methodology, as well as dwelling on its genesis, development and demise. The political dimension stands out in the conceptual articulation, with ‘democratic centralism’ and the prominence of the Communist Party, working from the top down, hierarchically. The book concentrates on the principles of ‘real socialism’, particularly in the Soviet Union but also globally, analysing also its present embrace of capitalism, particularly in China, but also elsewhere, taking account of how these political principles remain however in place today.
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