Toward a New Socialism
Toward a New Socialism offers a critical analysis of capitalism's failings and the imminent need for socialism as an alternative form of government. This book demonstrates that capitalism is destructive and limiting to the many ongoing campaigns to increase freedom, equality, and security. Dr. Richard Schmitt joins with Dr. Anatole Anton to compile a volume of essays exploring the benefits and consequences of a socialist system as an avenue of increased human solidarity and ethical principle. The essays offer a new definition of socialism by investigating the theories and principles of socialism, its influence on social institutions, and its role in work dynamics. Raising important and unavoidable questions for contemporary society, Toward a New Socialism is a vital resource for scholars of political theory and the globalization movement, as well as a necessary read for every citizen under capitalism.
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Toward a New Socialism
Toward a New Socialism offers a critical analysis of capitalism's failings and the imminent need for socialism as an alternative form of government. This book demonstrates that capitalism is destructive and limiting to the many ongoing campaigns to increase freedom, equality, and security. Dr. Richard Schmitt joins with Dr. Anatole Anton to compile a volume of essays exploring the benefits and consequences of a socialist system as an avenue of increased human solidarity and ethical principle. The essays offer a new definition of socialism by investigating the theories and principles of socialism, its influence on social institutions, and its role in work dynamics. Raising important and unavoidable questions for contemporary society, Toward a New Socialism is a vital resource for scholars of political theory and the globalization movement, as well as a necessary read for every citizen under capitalism.
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Toward a New Socialism

Toward a New Socialism

Overview

Toward a New Socialism offers a critical analysis of capitalism's failings and the imminent need for socialism as an alternative form of government. This book demonstrates that capitalism is destructive and limiting to the many ongoing campaigns to increase freedom, equality, and security. Dr. Richard Schmitt joins with Dr. Anatole Anton to compile a volume of essays exploring the benefits and consequences of a socialist system as an avenue of increased human solidarity and ethical principle. The essays offer a new definition of socialism by investigating the theories and principles of socialism, its influence on social institutions, and its role in work dynamics. Raising important and unavoidable questions for contemporary society, Toward a New Socialism is a vital resource for scholars of political theory and the globalization movement, as well as a necessary read for every citizen under capitalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780739107508
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/20/2006
Pages: 530
Product dimensions: 6.15(w) x 9.36(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Anatole Anton is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University and former chair of the department. Richard Schmitt is professor emeritus of philosophy at Brown University and is currently teaching at Worcester State College.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: Toward a New Socialism
Part 2 Part One: Principles
Chapter 3 Socialist Voices
Chapter 4 Socialist Freedom
Chapter 5 Equality
Chapter 6 Socialist-Feminism: A Cooperative Vision and the Right to Care
Chapter 7 Social Feelings and the Morality of Socialism
Chapter 8 Can We Get There From Here?: Reflections about Fundamental Social and Human Change
Chapter 9 Their Rationality and Ours
Chapter 10 Social Hope and Prophetic Intellectuals in a "Hopeless World"
Part 11 Part Two: Specific Institutions in a Socialist Society
Chapter 12 Socializing Care: Reinventing Family Life
Chapter 13 Schooling in a Socialist Society
Chapter 14 Between Repression and Liberation: Sexuality and Socialist Theory
Chapter 15 The Religion of Liberation: Theology of Liberation and Socialism
Chapter 16 The Right of Association: The Shameful History of a Right Fundamental to Democracy
Chapter 17 Democracy
Chapter 18 The Role of Prisons in a Socialist Future or: The Incorrigible Ethos of Incarceration
Chapter 19 Socialism and Technology: A Sectoral Overview
Chapter 20 Social Justice as an Environmental Issue
Chapter 21 Capitalism, Sustainability, and Climate Change
Chapter 22 Marxism and War
Part 23 Part Three: Promising Social Movements and Their Projects
Chapter 24 Worker Controlled Workplaces
Chapter 25 Challenging the "Market as God" Ideology: Living Wage Campaigns and the Fight for Socialism
Chapter 26 A Politics and a Sensibility: The Anarchist Current on the U.S. Left
Chapter 27 Multiculturalism as Solidarity: Globalizing Resistance
Chapter 28 The New Solidarity: A Case Study of Cross-Border Labor Networks and Mural Art in the Age of Globalization
Chapter 29 The Zapatistas: Lessons for the U.S. Left
Chapter 30 Dear Sup. Much Obliged: An Afterword
Chapter 31 An Afterword to the Afterword: The Zapatista Movement a Decade Later
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