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utopian socialism
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utopian socialism
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(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (sometimes capitals) socialism established by the peaceful surrender of the means of production by capitalists moved by moral persuasion, example, etc.: the form of socialism advocated by Robert Owen, the Welsh industrialist and social reformer (1771-1858), Johann Gottlieb Fichte, the German philosopher (1762-1814), and others Compare scientific socialism

utopian socialism
an economie theory based on the premise that voluntary surrender by capital of the means of production would bring about the end of poverty and unemployment. Cf. socialism.
See also: Politics
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Noun1.utopian socialism - socialism achieved by voluntary sacrifice
socialism - a political theory advocating state ownership of industry


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95 Paperback NK942 The Thames-side village of Kelmscott has been transformed by its association with William Morris, a 19th-century novelist, conservationist, utopian socialist, and father of the Arts and Crafts tradition.
Discussing eight films that were set in the East German present, she argues that women characters were frequently deployed as critical and rebellious elements to state ideologies of gender and socialism, although often from a utopian socialist, rather than liberal capitalist, viewpoint.
 
 
 
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