Evolutionary and Revolutionary Socialism

Evolutionary and Revolutionary Socialism: We may also divide socialism into evolutionary and revolutionary socialism. While evolutionary socialism discards revolution and aspires for socialism through a peaceful means, revolutionary socialism believes that social change has to be violent. Evolutionary socialism believes in parliamentary democracy and change through ballot whereas revolutionary socialism advocates class struggle, revolution and dictatorship of the proletariat. Among the evolutionary socialist thought, we include Guild socialism, Democratic socialism and Fabian socialism while Marxism and Syndicalism are kinds of revolutionary socialism.

The basic contention between the Evolutionary and Revolutionary Socialism is of withering away of the state. While the former links it to the withering away of the state in the capitalist society the latter relates it to the withering away of the state in the socialist state or the dictatorship of the proletariat. The revolutionary socialism believes that state can never wither away in a capitalist society 

Subcribe on Youtube - IGNOU SERVICE

For PDF copy of Solved Assignment

WhatsApp Us - 9113311883(Paid)