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Laski Democratic Socialism Society Was Commented On And Improved Properties

Posted on:2017-04-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:D ShanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2296330485459221Subject:Marxist philosophy
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The early twentieth Century European famous political thinker Harold Laski Joseph, adhering to the modern western liberal democracy ideal, persistent pursuit of life practice of freedom, equality and social and political ideals of world peace. As a master of social and political ideal of socialism in the modern western democracy, he proposed an improved thought of democratic socialism. He proposed "agreed Revolution", pluralism the scope of the state theory within the "plan of democracy" and the liberalism and the Marx doctrine of reconciliation, improved political philosophy advocate, have certain effects on the study of some western countries and China.Laski tried to improve the traditional socialist ideology, and then put forward the new democratic socialism, to reconcile the classical liberalism and Marx’s political philosophy, to re-propose a new concept of freedom. He believes that the outbreak of the world economic crisis in twentieth Century thirty, the development of capitalist countries faced unprecedented difficulties, because too much centralized capitalist state power, as a result of excessive personal freedom is restricted and oppression, the overall society serious lack of vitality. In this case, we must carry out social and political reform and economic reform. The capitalist democracy does not touch the essence of private ownership of the means of production, which can only play a role in the political field, and not fundamentally to the capitalist production relations to improve and change. Through observation and analysis of capitalism and socialism calmly two different nature of the pros and cons of social and political system, Laski successively put forward a series of insightful new ideas, trying to find correct way for human society development, for the capitalist social democratic political development to find a way of redemption. Laski wants to build a new social democratic political development mode, in adhering to the principle of freedom, equality and democracy on the basis of improved capitalism, establishing a democratic socialist society. Only, he thought, the democratic socialist society, to make every member of the social economy is roughly equal, gradually increase the people’s welfare. Socialism and democracy is inseparable, is the inevitable result of democratic politics. Democracy means that each member in the society can have equal political and economic rights; Admission at the same time, the principles of democracy and the establishment of a democratic system, can make people have the ability to have conditions using political means to promote intervention in economic life and material well-being. He also proposed to have many ways to realize the socialist road. A socialist should do their utmost to find a non-violent socialist, progressive legal rational way. His theory claims that contains the ideas of socialism and capitalism two kinds of resources, and put these two ideas together democratic socialism reform ideas proposed has a certain theoretical and practical significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Laski, Democratic socialism, Improved properties
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