Title Social democracy in the making : political and religious roots of European socialism / Gary Dorrien

Published New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2019] ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 578 pages) Contents Christian socialism in the making of social democracy -- British origins: Anglican socialism, early Marxism, and Fabian collectivism -- German social democracy: Marxism as theory and politics -- Germanic political theology: social democracy as theology -- British breakthrough: guild socialist visions and social democratic realities -- Democratic socialism as pluralistic social democracy Summary An expansive and ambitious intellectual history of democratic socialism from one of the world's leading intellectual historians and social ethicists The fallout from twenty years of neoliberal economic globalism has sparked a surge of interest in the old idea of democratic socialism--a democracy in which the people control the economy and government, no group dominates any other, and every citizen is free, equal, and included. With a focus on the intertwined legacies of Christian socialism and Social Democratic politics in Britain and Germany, this book traces the story of democratic socialism from its birth in the nineteenth century through the mid 1960s. Examining the tenets on which the movement was founded and how it adapted to different cultural, religious, and economic contexts from its beginnings through the social and political traumas of the twentieth century, Gary Dorrien reminds us that Christian socialism paved the way for all liberation theologies that make the struggles of oppressed peoples the subject of redemption. He argues for a decentralized economic democracy and anti-imperial internationalism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Socialism -- Europe -- History -- 20th century Christian socialism -- Europe -- History Democracy -- Europe -- History -- 20th century POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism. Christian socialism Democracy Politics and government Socialism SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045748 Subject Europe Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780300244991 0300244991

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