Toward a New Socialism offers a critical analysis of capitalism's failings and the imminent need for socialism as an alternative form of government. This book demonstrates that capitalism is destructive and limiting to the many ongoing campaigns to increase freedom, equality, and security. Dr. Richard Schmitt joins with Dr. Anatole Anton to compile a volume of essays exploring the benefits and consequences of a socialist system as an avenue of increased human solidarity and ethical principle. The essays offer a new definition of socialism by investigating the theories and principles of...

Two very different views of persons permeate our thinking. On the one hand, we are impressed by the many social influences that affect us all. On the other hand, we also demand autonomy and individual rights. We have, at present, no suitable vocabulary for giving their due both to our social nature and to the ways in which we are distinct from one another.In this ambitious and original book, Richard Schmitt criticizes the assumption that human beings are separate from one anotheran assumption that underlies much of mainstream Anglo-American philosophy. Instead he proposes, following two...

Presents the thought of Marx and Engels as sources of critical self-understanding of ourselves and our institutions, as well as sources of ideals for making ours a better world.

Social and political philosophy, unlike other fields and disciplines, involves conflict, disagreement, deliberation, and action. This text takes a new approach and understands philosophy not so much as a story of great thinkers or as a collection of philosophical positions but as a series of debates and disagreements in which students must participate. Adopting what may be called an 'active learning' method, Richard Schmitt, who has long taught social and political philosophy in the Ivy Leagues as well at state colleges, presents a range of problems and debates which engage the core question...

Social and political philosophy, unlike other fields and disciplines, involves conflict, disagreement, deliberation, and action. This text takes a new approach and understands philosophy not so much as a story of great thinkers or as a collection of philosophical positions but as a series of debates and disagreements in which students must participate. Adopting what may be called an 'active learning' method, Richard Schmitt, who has long taught social and political philosophy in the Ivy Leagues as well at state colleges, presents a range of problems and debates which engage the core question...

Das neubearbeitete und aktualisierte Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik eignet sich für russischsprachige Deutschlerner der oberen Grundstufe und der Mittelstufe, die gründliche und zusammenhängende Kenntnisse erwerben möchten.§Die übersichtlich strukturierte Standardgrammatik wurde mit einem modernen, sehr lernerfreundlichen und übersichtlichen neuen Layout und aktualisierten und modernisierten Übungs- und Beispielsätzen ausgestattet. Die ursprüngliche Struktur und Progression und der bewährte schnelle Wechsel von Erklären und Üben bleiben vollständig erhalten.§Das...

Wie schon die anderen zweisprachigen Ausgaben dieser Reihe enthält auch das Lehr- und Übungsbuch der deutschen Grammatik, Ausgabe Chinesisch Erklärungen in der Muttersprache. Der Wechsel von Erklärung und Übung ist - neben den bekannten Eigenschaften - ein Garant für die schnelle und sichere Beherrschung der deutschen Sprache in Wort und Schrift.§- Klare Erläuterungen mit vielen Beispielen§- Viele Übungen für jedes Kapitel§- Ausführliche Erklärungen der deutschen Grammatik§- Kleinschrittiges Vorgehen§- Mit ausklappbarer Übersichtstafel über Konjungation und Deklination