Socialism: the 100-Year-Old Misnomer /

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)

Format: eBook

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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Economic history.
History.
Literature and Cultural Studies.

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.