This outstanding and original volume offers a critical examination
of a number of developments which in recent years have undermined
the idea of socialism and eroded its electoral appeal. Among these
developments are the collapse of Communist regimes, the
fragmentation of the constituencies upon which earlier socialist
advances had depended, changes in the organization and the dynamics
of capitalism and a dearth of agencies committed to the socialist
project. The book also takes up and seeks to rebut older objections
to socialism, such as the notion that it is inevitably
totalitarian, that it is based on too optimistic a view of human
nature and that it fails to take account of the tendency of power
to accumulate in the hands of minorities.
The book argues that a social order dominated by the logic of
capital and competition cannot, despite all the positive claims
made on its behalf, produce the conditions which make true
citizenship and community possible. By contrast, socialism offers
an attractive and feasible programme for the realization of those
ideals. Miliband argues that socialism cannot be seen as an answer
to all the ills which have plagued humankind. Socialism, in his
view, has to be understood as part of an age-old struggle for a
more just society, and he believes that, seen in this light,
socialism remains not only desirable but also perfectly possible.
Moreover, he believes, socialism will, in time, come to command a
majority support which its advancement requires. Socialism has to
be seen as a permanent striving for the achievement of democracy,
egalitarianism and the creation of an economy under democratic
control.
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