The Ethics of Socialism
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism
| Author: | Ernest Belfort Bax | ISBN: | 9788829571840 |
| Publisher: | Blackmore Dennett | Publication: | December 10, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ernest Belfort Bax |
| ISBN: | 9788829571840 |
| Publisher: | Blackmore Dennett |
| Publication: | December 10, 2018 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Bax was first introduced to socialism while studying philosophy in Germany in 1879. He combined socialist ideas with those of Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer and Eduard von Hartmann. Keen to explore possible metaphysical and ethical implications of socialism, he came to describe a "religion of socialism" as a means to overcome the dichotomy between the personal and the social, and also that between the cognitive and the emotional. He saw this as a replacement for organised religion, and was a fervent atheist, keen to free workers from what he saw as the moralismof the middle-class.
Bax was first introduced to socialism while studying philosophy in Germany in 1879. He combined socialist ideas with those of Immanuel Kant, Arthur Schopenhauer and Eduard von Hartmann. Keen to explore possible metaphysical and ethical implications of socialism, he came to describe a "religion of socialism" as a means to overcome the dichotomy between the personal and the social, and also that between the cognitive and the emotional. He saw this as a replacement for organised religion, and was a fervent atheist, keen to free workers from what he saw as the moralismof the middle-class.
