Project Gutenberg 2009-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 320 Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich 1856 1918 Plechanoff, George Плеханов, Георгий Валентинович Volgin, A. Aveling, Eleanor Marx 1855 1898 Marx-Aveling, Eleanor Eveling, Eleonora Marks Marx, Eleanor Marx, Tussy Anarchism and Socialism E-text prepared by Fritz Ohrenschall, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Anarchism and Socialism" by Georgii Valentinovich Plekhanov is a scholarly examination of political ideologies written in the late 19th century. The work delves into the distinctions and conflicts between anarchist thought and socialist principles, critiquing the foundations laid by various theorists, including Pierre-Joseph Proudhon and Mikhail Bakunin. It ultimately seeks to clarify the historical and philosophical roots of anarchism while positioning socialism as a more scientifically grounded approach to social organization. The opening of the text introduces the contrast between Utopian socialism and what Plekhanov terms scientific socialism. He discusses the historical context in which early socialists operated, noting their reliance on an abstract notion of "human nature" to propose ideal social structures. Plekhanov critiques this approach, arguing that it lacks the rigor of a materialist perspective, which he believes should focus on economic conditions and the observable reality of class struggle. He sets the stage for a detailed analysis of how these ideologies evolved and interacted, hinting at the complex relationship between individual freedom, collective responsibility, and the role of the state. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Socialism Anarchism HX Text Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology Category: Politics 273245 2025-06-12T13:41:14.139500 text/html 272451 2009-11-20T15:00:39 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 7720897 2025-06-12T13:42:14.907685 application/epub+zip 7657175 2025-06-12T13:41:38.178411 application/epub+zip 167948 2025-06-12T13:41:17.015514 application/epub+zip 74112478 2025-06-12T13:42:29.785633 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 74036101 2025-06-12T13:41:49.766282 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295121 2022-09-14T06:39:08.304214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227307 2023-09-13T10:32:01.991133 text/plain 16673 2025-06-12T13:42:30.110607 application/rdf+xml 16420 2025-06-12T13:41:17.663439 image/jpeg 4146 2025-06-12T13:41:17.359445 image/jpeg 7659505 2025-06-12T13:41:14.651518 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia