Was communism doomed? : human nature, psychology and the communist economy / Simon Kemp.
Was communism doomed? : human nature, psychology and the communist economy / Simon Kemp.
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Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
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G 2016/4937
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English
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x, 277 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
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unmediated
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volume
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Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
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[2016]
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"This book explores whether the ideology of communism was doomed to failure due to psychological rather than structural flaws. Does communism fail because there is not enough individual incentive and does it discourage psychological ownership? If so, does it produce learned helplessness and therefore empower evil? This book considers such questions...
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Was communism doomed? : human nature, psychology and the communist economy / Simon Kemp.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016
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G 2016/4937
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9783319327792 hardcover ; alkaline paper
3319327798 hardcover ; alkaline paper
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335.43
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991024039010102626