ABSTRACT

The present collection contains papers of the first national workshop organised by the All India Progressive Forum (AIPF) on '21st Century Socialism' in Hyderabad. Socialism is a controversial issue, rendered more controversial by the great collapse of the Soviet Union and the East European socialist regimes. The collapse has reignited the controversies on the nature, path and viability of socialism in its many interpretations. In the meantime the scientific and technological revolution has added new features to the theory of social transformation, and has reopened many issues settled by history of individual revolution. The papers discuss many old and new aspects of socialism, social revolution and transformation. They also seek to add many new features. They particularly emphasize the notion that socialism of '21st century' will be different, in many crucial ways, than that of the 20th century.
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chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|28 pages

Socialism in the 21st Century

The Basic Questions

chapter 2|31 pages

Socialism in the 21st Century

chapter 4|26 pages

October Revolution

Facts and Fiction

chapter 5|11 pages

India’s Path to Socialism

chapter 6|22 pages

Socialism in the 20th Century

A Reassessment

chapter 7|5 pages

Socialism in the 21st Century

chapter 8|10 pages

Gender Question in Marxist Paradigm

chapter 10|3 pages

21st Century Socialism

chapter 12|3 pages

Socialism in the 21st Century