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Eugen Dühring and Post-Utopian Socialism

In: The State as Utopia

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  • E. James Gay

    (University of Erfurt)

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This chapter deals with the largely forgotten political economist and philosopher Eugen Dühring’s critique of utopian socialism. In laying out his design for what he termed sociatarianism, Dühring issued a critique not only of the utopian thought of early socialists such as Fourier and Owen, but also of the “scientific socialism” of Karl Marx. The development of utopia is analyzed historically as it changed from its early modern inception up through the nineteenth century, and philosophically as it relates to its epistemological precondition, the human faculty of reason. Dühring’s philosophy of reality (Wirlichkeitsphilosophie), including his metaphysics and conceptual critique of reason, is examined along with his futuristic vision of a “free society.” It is shown that while Dühring’s brand of socialism contains elements of utopia, there is a qualitative difference that separates it from the older and younger socialism of his day.

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  • E. James Gay, 2011. "Eugen Dühring and Post-Utopian Socialism," The European Heritage in Economics and the Social Sciences, in: Jürgen Georg Backhaus (ed.), The State as Utopia, pages 191-204, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:euhchp:978-1-4419-7500-3_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7500-3_15
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