Ernst Troeltsch's Essay on "Socialism"

Ernst Troeltsch's essay on socialism presents a summary account of his views on the prospects for a socialist economic order within the Weimar Republic. Troeltsch attempts to formulate a compromise that incorporates the proposals of both social conservatism and communism. Such a compromise, he...

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Authors: McCann, Dennis P. (Author) ; Troeltsch, Ernst (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1976
In: Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1976, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 159-180
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Summary:Ernst Troeltsch's essay on socialism presents a summary account of his views on the prospects for a socialist economic order within the Weimar Republic. Troeltsch attempts to formulate a compromise that incorporates the proposals of both social conservatism and communism. Such a compromise, he insists, is possible on the basis of a realistic assessment of socialism supported by "an act of faith in the future" based upon explicitly religious resources. This essay is significant not only in relation to the "religious socialism" then discussed in Germany, but also for the development of "political theology" today.
ISSN:1467-9795
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics