UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2014 · Q6(b) · 20 marks
If we were to define our conception of the State, our answer would be that the State is the banker of the poor. The government would finance and supervise the purchase of productive equipment and the formation of workshops.” In light of the above statement of Louis Blanc, throw light on the Pre-Marxist Socialist Thought in Europe.
- Chapter
- Enlightenment and Modern ideas
- Topic
- Pre-Marxian Socialism
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