What is socialism? Marxist version. No. 67, No. 26. Kolganov A.I.

The author’s desire to offer the Russian reader a textbook on socialism was caused by the fact that this kind is practically absent in the domestic book market. A significant number of publications of works of recognized theorists of the socialist movement cannot fully satisfy the need for a training manual. In the last 20 years, the publications that have appeared in the last 20 years, devoted to criticism of the theory and practice of socialism, unfortunately, for the most part, they sin very biased, erroneous, often deliberately distorted, in the best case - extremely superficial ideas about the socialist theory and history of socialist movements. The author hopes that this manual will be useful for both supporters and opponents of socialism. The first it will finally give the opportunity to get acquainted with the systematic presentation of the foundations of socialism in their modern sense, the second - the ability to understand for what, in fact, they oppose.

The book is intended for students, graduate students, teachers of social sciences, for Those who independently study the socialist theory, as well as for all those interested in the problems of socialism.