Transcription of Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution Chapter II
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Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution25 Socialism in Europe andSocialism in Europe andSocialism in Europe andSocialism in Europe andSocialism in Europe andthe Russian Revolutionthe Russian Revolutionthe Russian Revolutionthe Russian Revolutionthe Russian Revolution1 The Age of Social ChangeIn the previous Chapter you read about the powerful ideas of freedomand equality that circulated in Europe after the French French Revolution opened up the possibility of creating adramatic change in the way in which society was structured. As youhave read, before the eighteenth century society was broadly dividedinto estates and orders and it was the aristocracy and church whichcontrolled economic and social power. Suddenly, after the Revolution ,it seemed possible to change this. In many parts of the world includingEurope and Asia, new ideas about individual rights and whocontrolled social power began to be discussed.
Robert Owen (1771-1858), a leading English manufacturer, sought to build a cooperative community called New Harmony in Indiana ... Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) added other ideas to this body of arguments. Marx argued that …
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