Project Gutenberg 2007-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 347 La Monte, Robert Rives Monte, Robert Rives La Monte, Robert Rives la 07021308 Socialism: Positive and Negative E-text prepared by Fritz Ohrenschall, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Socialism: Positive and Negative" by Robert Rives La Monte is a political and philosophical treatise written in the early 20th century. The author delves into the principles of socialism, particularly examining its materialistic conception of history, the law of surplus-value, and the class struggle. Through this work, La Monte aims to clarify and expand upon socialist ideas, engaging with the intellectual debates of his time while also expressing his personal evolution in thought regarding socialism. The opening of the text sets the tone for a thorough examination of socialism from both a historical and ethical perspective. La Monte begins by critiquing the traditional Great-Man Theory in history and posits that economic factors fundamentally shape societies. He discusses how historical and societal changes emerge from evolving economic conditions, leading to the emergence of revolutionary ideas and movements. This section establishes the groundwork for the detailed exploration of Marxism and ethics that will follow in the subsequent chapters, illustrating La Monte's intent to not only outline the principles of socialism but also address misconceptions around the socialist movement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 55.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Socialism HX Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 226201 2025-06-10T04:11:55.212968 text/html 224083 2007-11-21T14:47:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 5834336 2021-01-03T04:44:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 5858709 2025-06-10T04:12:45.515780 application/epub+zip 5795647 2025-06-10T04:12:14.896858 application/epub+zip 156892 2025-06-10T04:11:57.935981 application/epub+zip 56889353 2025-06-10T04:12:58.039678 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56817645 2025-06-10T04:12:25.314790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251292 2022-09-11T06:06:20.655942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189650 2025-06-10T04:11:54.098987 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189379 2021-01-03T04:44:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 70582 2021-01-03T04:44:38 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 189393 2021-01-03T04:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 70572 2021-01-03T04:44:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20141 2025-06-10T04:12:58.320651 application/rdf+xml 18486 2025-06-10T04:11:58.535962 image/jpeg 4306 2025-06-10T04:11:58.252933 image/jpeg 5965778 2025-06-10T04:11:55.592925 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog