Anthony Crossland's Study On Socialist View

Antony Crosland is the main theoretician of the democratic socialist thought transformation of the British labor party in the 1950 s.He is one of the founders of the democratic socialist theory in contemporary Europe.At the same time,he was also an important member of Fabian society.Crosland's view of socialism was formed against the background of the economic prosperity of Britain after the second world war.Relying on keynesianism,based on the analysis of the social situation in Britain,it criticized and revised the traditional labor party theory and gradually improved it.Crosland's view of socialism has laid the theoretical foundation of contemporary democratic socialism,which is a microcosm of democratic socialist view of socialism and has profoundly influenced the formation and development of European welfare state political ideology.In the 1950 s,Britain experienced rapid economic development and greatly reduced social instability.In this context,Crosland believed that Britain was no longer a capitalist country in the traditional sense,and the issues discussed under pre-war socialism were no longer applicable to British society.Combining with the new characteristics of the British social situation,Anthony Crosland revised the traditional democratic socialist thought of the workers' party and formed a relatively systematic and complete view of socialism.Cross of socialism in the comprehensive analysis of capitalism since before the war,on the basis of the significant changes of redefine the connotation of socialism and the goal,on how to realize socialism two dah sing target in detail,expounds the implementation of socialist goal on the economic front,emphasize democratic socialist in individual freedom and cultural value shall be put into action.In the development of democratic socialism,Antony Crosland's view of socialism highlights the ethical features.He emphasizes the equal status of people in society and advocates the establishment of ethical order to reduce the existence of social inequality.Crosland's view of socialism not only reflects his unique views on the practical problems of British society at that time,but also contains the inheritance of the socialist thoughts of cole and others.Of course,Crosland's view of socialism inevitably has some limitationsand individual subjectivity,which also reminds us that we should fully and profoundly understand and think about it in the process of studying his thoughts.Although Crosland's view of socialism did not have a great impact on British and western European democratic socialism in his life background,it has a far-reaching significance on the development of the current democratic socialism.Especially today,when the democratic socialism in the European continent has suffered heavy losses,it is of far-reaching significance to study Crosland's view of socialism for us to understand the current predicament of democratic socialism,grasp its future direction and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.