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Understanding Socialism

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Richard D. Wolff
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    168
    Publisher:
    Haymarket Books (December 9, 2025)
    Imprint:
    Haymarket Books
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9798888904596
    Weight:
    7.2oz
    Dimensions:
    5" x 8"
    File:
    CONSORTIUM-Metadata_Only_Consortium_Customer_Group_Metadata_20260401130208-20260401.xml
    Folder:
    CONSORTIUM
    List Price:
    $18.95
    Country of Origin:
    United States
    Pub Discount:
    60
    Series:
    Democracy at Work
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    $16.30
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-PER
    Discount Code:
    C
    Case Pack:
    56
  • Overview

    Socialism is a yearning for justice, community, and the greater realization of human potential. Cornel West calls it “the best accessible and reliable treatment we have of what socialism is, was, and should be.”

    Understanding Socialism is a plainspoken text that disarms false narratives, confronts past failures, and offers a path to a fresh and modern understanding of socialism, by outlining what democracy in the workplace could look like.

    Wolff not only explains what socialism is and has meant to its various proponents, he also looks at the transition from feudalism to capitalism as a model to help us visualize an evolution from our current socioeconomic state.

    Understanding Socialism explores how socialist theory was used and applied to help shape the histories of countries such as Russia and China, and beyond. Wolff also analyzes the successes and defeats of those countries, the world's reactions to them, and how they offer important lessons for the building of a democratic, worker-controlled 21st-century socialism.