1st Edition

The Psychology of Marxian Socialism

Edited By Henry de Man Copyright 1984
    518 Pages
    by Routledge

    518 Pages
    by Routledge

    This classic work on the psychology of socialism carries for this edition a slightly refurbished title. By calling it The Psychology of Marxian Socialism, the work is sharply distinguished from an earlier work of the same title (written at a much earlier time) by Gustave LeBon. This book was written in the post-Bolshevik revolutionary era, at the height of the Weimar democracy in Germany; LeBon’s represents a fin de siècle effort, reflecting earlier concerns in socialist theory. De Man’s work derives its strength from a close and hard look at how socialism operated in one country. It is probably one of the greatest such efforts in the post-World War I period.

    Author's Foreward to the English Translation, Preface to the First Edition of the German Original, Chapter One: The Theory of Motives as the Central Problem of Socialism, Chapter Two: The Social Inferiority Complex of the Working Class, Chapter Three: Exploitation, Oppression and Joyless Labour, Chapter Four: Equality and Democracy, Chapter Five: Solidarity, Eschatology, Religious Symbolism, Chapter Six: Socialist Conception of the Future Society, Chapter Seven: Intellectuals and the State, Chapter Eight: The Socialism of Intellectuals, Chapter Nine: Proletarian Culture or Embourgeoisement, Chapter Ten: Socialism in Time: From Revolutionism to Reformism, Chapter Eleven: Socialism in Space: From Internationalism to Social-Patriotism, Chapter Twelve: Marxist Rationalism, Chapter Thirteen: Marxist Economic Hedonism, Chapter Fourteen: Marxist Determinism, Chapter Fifteen: The Marxism of the Elect and the Marxism of the Crowd, Chapter Sixteen: Theory and Practice, Chapter Seventeen: Credo

    Biography

    Henry de Man