Revolutionary socialism

Question 1

What is the key principal of revolutionary socialism?

Answer 1

That socialism can only be brought in with the revolutionary overthrow of existing political and social structures

Question 2

Which Key thinkers are revolutionary socialists?

Answer 2

Marx and Engels

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Question 3

What is a fundamentalist socialist and how do they differ?

Answer 3

Fundamentalist socialists believe that capitalism at some point needs to be abolished, however revolutionary socialists believe that this needs to be done through revolution. You can have fundamentalist revolutionary socialists as well as fundamentalist evolutionary socialists.

Question 4

Who is an evolutionary socialist?

Answer 4

Beatrice Webb

Question 5

What is dialectic change?

Answer 5

Refers to the clashes and stages that will inevitably take place within each ‘stage’ of history and which eventually leads to the disappearance of existing society