TY - BOOK ID - 138463325 TI - Socialist Imaginations : Utopias, Myths, and the Masses AU - Arvidsson, Stefan AU - Beneš, Jakub AU - Kirsch, Anja PY - 2018 SN - 1351536044 1315083752 1351536052 PB - Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, DB - UniCat KW - Utopian socialism KW - Socialism and religion KW - Socialism and society KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138463325 AB - This volume offers new perspectives on the appeal and profound cultural meaning of socialism over the past two centuries. It brings together scholarship from various disciplines addressing diverse national contexts, including Britain, China, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and the USA. Taken together, the contributions highlight the aesthetic, narrative, and religious dimensions of socialism as it has developed through three broad phases in the modern era: early nineteenth-century beginnings, mass-based political organizations, and the attainment of state power in the twentieth century and beyond. Socialism did not attract millions of people primarily because of logical argument and empirical evidence, important though those were. Rather, it told the most compelling story about the past, present, and future. Refocusing attention on socialism's imaginative dimensions, this volume aims to revive scholarly interest in one of the modern world¹s most important political orientations. ER -