The title, "Socialism and Society," and the writer is James Ramsey MacDonald. It is "an able little book which may be commended not only to the socialist by conviction but also to those who view socialistic ideas with distrust and even fear. After reading this statement of socialist ideals and aims they will discover that the modern English socialist, at least, is a much less terrible person than their imagination has led them to believe. For socialism, as interpreted by Mr. Ramsey MacDonald, is above all things opportunist ...
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The title, "Socialism and Society," and the writer is James Ramsey MacDonald. It is "an able little book which may be commended not only to the socialist by conviction but also to those who view socialistic ideas with distrust and even fear. After reading this statement of socialist ideals and aims they will discover that the modern English socialist, at least, is a much less terrible person than their imagination has led them to believe. For socialism, as interpreted by Mr. Ramsey MacDonald, is above all things opportunist and practical in its methods. Mr. MacDonald looks at society and social movements from the point of view of the biologist rather than the logician. He advocates laboratory experiments and not a revolution as the true path of progress, and sketches the rise of socialism as the natural) outcome of forces which have their roots in the past and as a movement which in its turn is destined to be superseded. It is not a short cut to the millennium, but a step by step progress towards a distant goal. He sums up his position in the following sentence: "The key idea to the understanding of socialism is not a wiping out but a transformation, not a recreation but a fulfillment."
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Very good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes London: Independent Labour Party, 1908. Sixth Edition. Very good hardcover, no dust jacket. Prior owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. One dog-eared page. Minor tanning. Light rubbing and wear to cover cloth, bumped edges and corners. 12mo. 214pp.