Question

Socialism can mean a variety of different Ideologies. In this context describe the following:

Democratic Soclialism

Answer 1

Socialism can mean a variety of different ideologies. In this context, the given heading is described as below:

Democratic Socialism: After the death of Karl Marx, his ideology was propagated in an organised manner. But, some difference of opinion appeared among the Marxists on certain matters. These differences led to the birth of a new ideology, named ‘Democratic Socialism’.

Bernstein (1850-1932) of Germany was of the opinion that Marxism needed a revision. He was not in agreement with the principle of the Class-Struggle advocated by Marx. He believed that socialist objectives should be achieved through democratic means. Democratic Socialism set-forth by Bernstein found support in other countries also. Jean Juares in France. Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb, in England and Brantic, in Sweden became the chief defenders of democratic socialism in their respective countries.
A Socialist party was established in India in 1934. The prominent leaders of the party were Acharya Narendra and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. Jayaprakash Narayan in his book. ‘Why Socialism?’ described socialism as a theory of socio-economic reconstruction.