This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and stakes at play in the dispute between liberalism and socialism. It explores the 21st century appeal of socialism, particularly to millennials and other relatively young citizens, and shows why modern classical...

Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. In the East-West Salon -- 2. Bearing the Cross of War -- 3. Triumph and Tragedy of Red Vienna -- 4. Challenges and Responses -- 5. The Cataclysm and Its Origins -- 6. "Injustices and Inhumanities" -- 7. The Precariousness of Existence --...

»Der Sozialismus ist tot! Es lebe der Sozialismus!Mit diesen beiden Sätzen lässt sich ein Paradoxon ­formulieren, dass jede Diskussion über Sozialismus in der Gegenwart prägen muss. Der Sozialismus als reale historische ­Bewegung größerer sozialer Gruppen entstand vor über 200 Jahren...

Socialism as the Means to Maximizing Happiness: Mill's Crisis of Faith and the Expansion of the Horizons of Human Society -- Criticisms of Capitalism and Mill's Idea of a "Perfected" System of Private Property -- Mill's Assessment of Contemporary Socialism(s): Community, Cooperation and...