UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2025 · Q5(e) · 10 marks
“The pre-Marxian socialist thinkers envisioned socialist societies without fully considering the practical mechanisms for achieving or maintaining them.”
- Chapter
- Enlightenment and Modern ideas
- Topic
- Pre-Marxian Socialism
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