Socialism (book)
| Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis | |
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| Author(s) | Ludwig von Mises |
| Original title | Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus |
| Translator | J. Kahane |
| Country | Weimar Germany |
| Language | German |
| Subject(s) | Socialism |
| Publisher | Gustav Fischer Verlag, Liberty Fund, Ludwig von Mises Institute |
| Publication date | 1922 |
| Published in English |
1936 |
Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis is a book by Austrian School economist and libertarian thinker Ludwig von Mises, first published in German by Gustav Fischer Verlag in Jena in 1922 under the title Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus. It was translated into English from the second reworked German edition (Jena: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1932) by J. Kahane and published by Jonathan Cape in London in 1936. In 1951 the translation was reworked with the assistance of the author and published by Yale University Press in New Haven with the addition of an epilogue by Mises, originally published in 1947 as Planned Chaos by the Foundation for Economic Education (Irvington, NY).
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[edit] Official Blurb
This masterwork is much more than a refutation of the economics of socialism (although on that front, nothing else compares). It is also a critique of the entire intellectual apparatus that accompanies the socialist idea, including the implicit religious doctrines behind Western socialist thinking, a cultural critique of socialist teaching on sex and marriage, an refutation of syndicalism and corporatism, an examination of the implications of radical human inequality, an attack on war socialism, and refutation of collectivist methodology.
In short, Mises set out to refute socialism, and instead pulled up the socialist mentality from its very roots. For that reason, Socialism led dozens of famous intellectuals, including a young F.A. Hayek, into a crisis of faith and a realist/libertarian political orientation. All the collectivist literature combined cannot equal the intellectual achievement of this one volume.
[edit] Publication history
[edit] In German
- Ludwig von Mises, Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus, Jena: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1922.
- Ludwig von Mises, Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus, Jena: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1932.
- Ludwig von Mises, Die Gemeinwirtschaft: Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus, Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2007. (reprint of 2nd German edition)
[edit] In English
- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. London: Jonathan Cape, 1936
- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1951.
- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. London: Jonathan Cape, 1969
- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 1981. ISBN 0913966630.
- Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. Auburn, AL: Ludwig von Mises Institute, 200x. ISBN 0913966622.
[edit] Reviews
- Van Sickle, John V. (1923). Review of ludwig von Mises, Die Gemeinwirtschaft, Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus. The American Economic Review 13.3, 533-536.
- Schwiedland, E. (1923). review of Ludwig von Mises, Die Gemeinwirtschaft. Untersuchungen über den Sozialismus. The Economic Journal 33.131, 406-408.
- Stamp, J. C. (1937). Review of Ludwig von Mises, Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis. Economica, New Series 4.14, 223-225.
- Knight, Frank H. (1938). review of Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. The Journal of Political Economy 46.2, 267-269.
- Heimann, Eduard (1938). Review of Ludwig von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 195, Our State Legislators, pp. 233-235'.
- Hayes, H. Gordon (1937). Review of J. Casey, The Crisis in the Communist Party and L. von Mises, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis. The American Economic Review 27.3, 624-625.
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- Socialism, 1951 edition:
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