Date of Award

4-1924

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Communication

First Advisor

P.A. Mullens

Abstract

On account of the great diversity of socialistic doctrines, it is very difficult to give an exact and all embracing definition of socialism. The word socialism has been used to convey a variety of meanings, and is only gradually assuming a definite significance. An earlier term by which socialism was known is communism. Efforts to distinguish communism from socialism cannot be said to have been successful. Sometimes communism is used to refer to the voluntary organization of small bodies of men who have common property and who carry on production in common. They share among themselves the fruit of their toil in such a way as to give each one an equal allotment of economic goods, but not of honors and consideration. In this sense communism may be distinguished from socialism in that the latter implies a thoroughgoing reconstruction of society through political action, while the former calls upon men to separate themselves from general society and to form communal societies for themselves.

Comments

A thesis submitted to the College of Journalism, of Marquette University, in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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