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Established in 2007 by the Leatherby Libraries, the Community of Readers is the summer reading program for Chapman University. This program is open to everyone who has borrowing privileges at the Leatherby Libraries and a current library account, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Members select books from the Leatherby Libraries and become eligible to receive prizes upon submission of their first review.

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Monday, August 13, 2018

Socialism, Utopian and Scientific


Title Socialism, Utopian and Scientific
Author Frederick Engels
Call Number HX276 .E55 1910
Location 2nd Floor Social Sciences
Rating Recommended
Book Review As someone interested in political philosophy, it's always nice to find a short book to summarize the beliefs of a certain school or movement. This book is just that book for communism. This book is actually taken from a longer book written by Engels and is done to be a summary of Marx's and his ideas. There are only 3 chapters and articulate fairly well the difference between utopian socialism (such as Robert Owen) and scientific socialism (Marx and Engels). What I most enjoyed is I felt I understood a good gist of what Marx and Engels were arguing for without having to reads thousands of pages of theory!
Submitted By Nick D'Andrea
Department or Major Leatherby Library
Status Staff
Chapman Email dandrea@chapman.edu

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