FABIAN SOCIETY

British socialist society. An outgrowth of the Fellowship of the New Life (founded 1883 under the influence of Thomas Davidson), the society was developed the following year by Frank Podmore and Edward Pease. George Bernard Shaw and Sidney Webb joined soon after this and became its outstanding exponents. The group achieved recognition with the publication of Fabian Essays (1889), with contributions by Shaw, Webb, Annie Besant, and Graham Wallas. The Fabians were opposed to the revolutionary theory of Marxism, holding that social reforms and socialistic "permeation" of existing political institutions would bring about the natural development of socialism. Repudiating the necessity of violent class struggle, they took little notice of trade unionism and other labor movements until Beatrice Potter (who later married Sidney Webb) joined the group. They subsequently helped create (1900) the unified Labour Representation Committee, which evolved into the Labour party. The Labour party adopted their main tenets, and the Fabian Society remains as an affiliated research and publicity agency.

See studies by A. Fremantle (1960), P. Pugh (1984), and F. Lee (1988).

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The Story of Fabian Socialism
Book by Margaret Cole; Stanford University Press, 1961
Subjects: Fabian Society (Great Britain), Socialism--Great Britain--History
...originals was the American Fabian Society, which began in Boston...journal, The American Fabian , in Boston and New York, and fathered Societies in Philadelphia and...mentioned in 1894; Societies at Dunedin and Christchurch...pamphlets. The Bombay Society recorded in 1892 seems...was news of a neo-Fabian Society at Madras...
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The British Co-Operative Movement in a Socialist Society: A Report Written for the Fabian Society
Book by G. D. H. Cole; Allen & Unwin, 1951
Subjects: Cooperation--Great Britain
...shape. In offering this book to my colleagues in the Fabian Society, I wish to stress that I regard it as no more than...I am aware some of them may be --I hope some other Fabian will try his hand at making a better plan. Somebody...
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The Dollar Crisis, Causes and Cure: A Report to the Fabian Society
Book by T. Balogh; Blackwell, 1949
Subjects: Currency Question, Europe--Economic Policy, Sterling Area
THE DOLLAR CRISIS CAUSES AND CURE A Report to the Fabian Society BY T. BALOGH Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford BASIL BLACKWELL OXFORD 1949
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New Fabian Essays
Book by R. H. S. Crossman, C. A. R. Crosland, Roy Jenkins, Margaret Cole, Austen Albu, Ian Mikardo, Denis Healey, John Strachey; Turnstile Press, 1952
Subjects: Economic policy, Socialism, Socialism--Great Britain
...consideration. Ever since the revival of the Fabian Society, which occurred in 1939, projects for a new series of Fabian Essays have been under discussion. The...overwhelmingly. Moreover the modern Fabian, whose business it is to study and interpret...
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New Fabian Colonial Essays
Book by Arthur Creech Jones; Hogarth Press, 1959
Subjects: Commonwealth Of Nations, Great Britain--Colonies--Administration
FABIAN SOCIETY ESSAYS New Fabian Essays Fabian International Essays
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Lee Kuan Yew's Fabian Phase
Journal article by Michael D. Barr; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 46, 2000
Subjects: Lee Kuan Yew--Social policy, People's Action Party (Singapore)--Social policy, Political leadership--Singapore, Singapore--Politics and government, Social policy--Singapore
Lee Kuan Yews Fabian Phase. by MICHAEL D. BARR...were going to create a just society for the British workers...genuine in his admiration of Fabian socialism and the British...I was so attracted by the Fabian approach that for years after...
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Socialism in Bloomsbury: Virginia Woolf and the Political Aesthetics of the 1880s
Journal article by Ruth Livesey; Yearbook of English Studies, Vol. 37, 2007
Subjects: Aesthetics--Analysis, Bloomsbury Group--Analysis, Bloomsbury group--Analysis, Cultural movements--Analysis, Fabian Society--Analysis, Socialism--Analysis, Woolf, Virginia--Criticism and interpretation
...resign from the Fabian Society in 1897, and the Societys...and others argued that Fabian doctrines of national...aesthetic. If the mainstream Fabian Society represented, as Williams...as a lecture for the Fabian Society. (44) Gillian Scott...
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A History of Inter-american Relations-print, Politics, and Commerce in the United States and Mexico, 1800-1830
Journal article by Nancy Vogeley; Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 101, 2011
Subjects: Academic libraries, American literature, Books, Letters, Postcolonialism, Society
...Library Company, the American Antiquarian Society, the Library of Congress, and the...illustration. At the American Philosophical Society I am most appreciative of the interest...valuable find. Cached in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia), the...Coming at a time when the two American societies were developing their political consciousness...
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Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620
Journal article by Sara H. Mendelson; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620 (Book)--Book reviews
Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620. by Sara H. Mendelson...McIntosh. Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620. Cambridge: Cambridge...Seventeenth Century (1919). Animated by Fabian ideals, Clark made use of new methods...
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The Dugu Ritual of the Garinagu of Belize: Reinforcing Values of Society through Music and Spirit Possession
Journal article by Oliver N. Greene; Black Music Research Journal, 1998
Subjects: Belize--Music, Manners and customs--Belize, Music and society--Analysis, Spirit possession--Social aspects
...GARINAGU OF BELIZE: REINFORCING VALUES OF SOCIETY THROUGH MUSIC AND SPIRIT POSSESSION...reinforcing traditional norms and values of society. The objective here is to show how spirit...are essential components of culture and society. The maintenance and retention of these...
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What's the Solution? No 4074: Recently It Has Become More or Less Mandatory That the Word "Solutions" Should Appear in All Trade Descriptions. We Asked You for Solutions That Might Have Been Offered by Lord Reith's BBC, Dr Arnold's Rugby School, the Windmill Theatre, Dr Johnson's Dictionary, Lyons Teahouses, the Fabian Society and Others Whose Heyday Pre-Dated This Relatively New Convention
Magazine article by Hank T. Romein; New Statesman, Vol. 138, May 11, 2009
Subjects: Commerce--Social aspects, Commerce--Terminology
...Lord Reiths BBC, Dr Arnolds Rugby School, the Windmill Theatre, Dr Johnsons Dictionary, Lyons Teahouses, the Fabian Society and Others Whose Heyday Pre-Dated This Relatively New Convention. by Hank T. Romein Report by Ms de Meaner A popular...
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Fabian Bercic
Magazine article by Maria Gainza; Artforum International, Vol. 48, Summer 2010
Subjects: Bercic, Fabian--Exhibitions, Installations (Art)--Exhibitions
Fabian Bercic. by Maria Gainza Trying to find ones way through Fabian Bercics maze of twisted shapes, to follow the interwoven...much a critique of the loss of values in capitalist society as a fascination with synthesis: the way in which...
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Fine Young Cannibal: Fabian Marcaccio
Magazine article by David Carrier; Artforum International, Vol. 33, September 1994
Subjects: Marcaccio, Fabian--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Painting, Abstract--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Fine young cannibal: Fabian Marcaccio. by David Carrier Fabian Marcaccio fossilizes painting, preserving its body without...way around; it is about structures of power in a fluid society." Marcaccios brushstrokes break apart, separating...
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Orwell's 1984: The Future Is Here: George Orwell Believed the Stark Totalitarian Society He Described in 1984 Actually Would Arrive by the Year 2000, Thanks to the Slow, Sinister Influence of Socialism
Magazine article by David Goodman; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, December 31, 2001
Subjects: 1984 (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Books--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Criticism--Analysis, Fabian Society--Political activity, Orwell, George--Conduct of life, Webb, Sidney--Conduct of life
...perhaps that was right. And the Fabian Society once more has catapulted itself...fell under control of -- the Fabian Society. According to representatives...sheepskin is part of the shield of the Fabian Society. All of which suggests that Orwells...
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Why Fabianism Could Not Survive
Magazine article by Vernon Bogdanor; New Statesman, Vol. 127, August 7, 1998
Subjects: Fabian Society--Social policy, Ideology--Analysis, Socialism--Analysis, United Kingdom--Social policy
...control. "The socialism advocated by the Fabian Society," Sidney Webb declared in his statement of Fabian aims, "is state socialism exclusively." Britain, in the Fabian view, was far advanced along the path...
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Fair Play Should Make Us Think about Fair Pay; the Wednesday Essay: Inequality Is Firmly Back on the Political Agenda, Following the Report on Social Mobility by Former Cabinet Minister Alan Milburn. Here Sunder Katwala, General Secretary of Left-Wing Think-Tank the Fabian Society, Looks at the Widening Wealth Gap and Argues That a More Equal Society Could Benefit Us All
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 29, 2009
Subjects: Cabinet officers--Ethical aspects, Cabinet officials--Ethical aspects
...Wing Think-Tank the Fabian Society, Looks at...today to discuss new Fabian research, published...the case for a fairer society can learn from it...subtitle: Why Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better...that more egalitarian societies - from Sweden to Japan...fairer and more equal society would be good for us...general secretary of the Fabian Society, the UKs oldest...
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POST DEBATE: Why Voting Should Be Compulsory; Tom Watson,Labour MP for West Bromwich East, Argued for Compulsory Voting in a Leaflet Published by the Fabian Society, Co-written with Fellow Labour MP Mark Tami (Alun and Deeside). the Following Is an Abbreviated Version
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 24, 2006
Subjects: Voting
...a Leaflet Published by the Fabian Society, Co-written with Fellow...Governments exist because developed societies recognise that certain services...the right to live in such a society members of it have certain...in a liberal-democratic society where they can change the...
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Wealth Gap 'Threat to Society'
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 3, 2007
Subjects: Fabian Society--Reports, Fabian Society--Surveys
Wealth Gap Threat to Society. The gap between rich and poor is a threat to society, a new poll has found...study for think tank the Fabian Society. Instead, those...but those polled for the Fabian Society said pounds 15...
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Federal Government Denounced for a[euro][approximately]Fabian' Schemes
Newspaper article; The Northern Star (Lismore, Australia), June 21, 2011
...scheme that is implemented by the Fabian Society for world domination. Beware...anincreasingly tragic phenomenon of modern society. However, revealing and at times...that of coming to grips with a society of fierce competition. For all...
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POLITICS: Iraq Inquiry Will Happen, Says PM - but Not Right Now
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 18, 2008
Subjects: Fabian Society, Prime ministers, Soldiers
...withdrawal. In a letter to the Fabian Society, the PM wrote: "There will come...spokesman said the letter to the Fabian Society contained nothing new...nothing new in the letter sent to the Fabian Society." He said the Prime Minister...
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encyclopedia articles on: Fabian Society  - 18 results

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Fabian Society
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FABIAN SOCIETY British socialist society. An outgrowth...achieved recognition with the publication of Fabian Essays (1889), with contributions by...party adopted their main tenets, and the Fabian Society remains as an affiliated research...
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Bellingshausen, Fabian Gottlieb Von
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BELLINGSHAUSEN, FABIAN GOTTLIEB VON fab e n got lep fon bel ingzhou z n, 1778 1852, Russian...islands. Before returning to Kronstadt, he explored Fiji and the Society Islands. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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Wallas, Graham
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...and psychologist. He joined (1886) the Fabian Society and was the author of one of the Fabian Essays. In 1914, Wallas became professor...Human Nature in Politics (1908), The Great Society (1914), Our Social Heritage (1921...
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Labour Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...history of the Labour party was the founding of the Fabian Society (1883) and the Independent Labour party (ILP; 1893). With the help of the Fabian Society and the Trades Union Congress, the ILP in 1900 set...
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Olivier, Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1ST BARON 1859 1943, British colonial administrator. Olivier was one of the first members of the Fabian Society , contributing to the famous Fabian Essays (1889). He was colonial secretary in Jamaica from 1899 to 1904 and later governor of the...
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