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Discuss the key features of pre-Marxist socialist theory.

  • UPSC 2015
  • 15 marks
  • Political Ideologies

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Socialism — the claim that productive property should serve the community rather than private profit — is customarily divided at Karl Marx. Its first generation, from the 1790s to the 1840s, answered two experiences: the French Revolution's unkept promise of liberty, equality and fraternity and the misery of early industrial capitalism. Friedrich Engels named it…

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  • Two Traditions
  • Key Features
  • The Marxist Critique
  • Legacy
  • Conclusion
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