Socialism: the 100-Year-Old Misnomer /

What if everything you thought you knew about socialism was wrong? Socialism: the 100-Year-Old Misnomer invites you to rethink a century of political and cultural myth-making. Dana Neacşu distinguishes real socialism-rooted in democracy and wealth redistribution-from its authoritarian counterfeit: S...

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Main Author: Neacşu, Dana (Author)

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Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Critical Social Sciences ; 349.

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505 0 |t Foreword -- George P. Fletcher -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures, Maps and Tables -- Introduction: Socialism and Its Long Misnomer History -- 1 Why Now? -- 2 Ersatz Socialism and State Monopoly Capitalism -- 3 Technologically Mediated Commonsense -- 4 Choosing the Path of Commonsense Built on Insight -- Part 1 Socialism as Theory and Practice -- 1 Socialism's 19th Century Pedigree -- 2 Ersatz Socialism as Soviet Theory and Practice -- 1 Capitalism and Ersatz Socialism -- 2 The Theoretical Foundation of 20th Century Soviet or Ersatz Socialism -- 3 John Reed's Account of 20th Century Ersatz Socialism -- 4 Bertrand Russell's Account of 20th Century Ersatz Socialism -- 5 Soviet Socialism-Actuating State Capital Monopoly -- Part 2 The Political, Economic, and Legal Scaffolding of Ersatz Socialism -- 3 Beyond the Narrative of Failed Socialism -- 4 Government and Politics -- 1 Democracy Begins in Conversation -- 2 Oligarchy and Dictatorship -- 3 Ersatz Socialism Strived as an Authoritative Political Regime -- 5 State Corporate Capitalism as the Most Profitable Economic Policy -- 1 How Does Non-Competitive Capitalism Work? -- 2 Why Is a Non-Competitive State Capitalism Capitalist and Not Socialist? -- 3 Democratic Capitalism Encourages Free Enterprise; Ersatz Socialism Encourages Corporate Monopoly -- 4 Non-Democratic Capitalism Encourages State Corporate Domination and Planned Competition -- 5 Ersatz Socialism Strives on the Socialization of Production and Centralization of Profit -- 6 So, What Is the Connection between Socialism and Capitalism? -- 6 The Rule of Law in Ersatz Socialism -- 1 Brief Definition of the Rule of Law in a Liberal Democracy -- 2 Brief Definition of Soviet Rule of Law in Ersatz Socialism -- 3 Soviet Private (Civil) Law. The Law of Property and Contracts -- 4 Soviet Public Law Implemented a Dictatorial Rule of Law -- Part 3 Socialism-From Ersatz to Knowledge -- 7 The 100-Year-Old Socialist Misnomer and "Dialectical Criticism" -- 8 Things, Concepts, and Judgment Calls as the Building Block of Common Knowledge -- 9 The Dynamic Nature of Insight and Commonsense Knowledge -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: J.V. Stalin: Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Appendix B: U.S. Constitution. 1787. https://constitution.congress.gov /constitution/ -- References -- Index. 
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