{"product_id":"richard-d-wolff-understanding-socialism","title":"Richard D. Wolff: Understanding Socialism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaymarket Books, 2025, softcover, 168 pages, 12.7 x 20.3 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnderstanding Socialism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a plainspoken text that disarms false narratives, confronts past failures, and offers a path to a fresh and modern understanding of socialism, by outlining what democracy in the workplace could look like.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolff not only explains what socialism is and has meant to its various proponents, he also looks at the transition from feudalism to capitalism as a model to help us visualize an evolution from our current socioeconomic state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnderstanding Socialism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores how socialist theory was used and applied to help shape the histories of countries such as Russia and China, and beyond. Wolff also analyzes the successes and defeats of those countries, the world's reactions to them, and how they offer important lessons for the building of a democratic, worker-controlled 21st-century socialism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57288794276224,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/61_Ibny5r4L._SY522.jpg?v=1769528008","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/richard-d-wolff-understanding-socialism","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}