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Socialism, Fabian

A reformist trend in Britain which arose as an antipode to scientific socialism. Its name is an allusion to the Roman army leader Fabius Cunctator (Procrastinator). The Fabian Society was organised in Britain in 1884, and in 1900 it entered the Labour Party as a literary-publicist group. Fabian Socialism was represented by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, Morgan Phillips, Clement Attlee, Herbert Morrison, and others.

Officially, Fabian Socialism denies any connection with philosophy, but many of its proponents support religion, adhere in their views of history to the doctrine of the decisive role of ideas in society, and deny the class struggle. Fabian Socialism, according to Lenin's definition, "is the most consummate expression of opportunism and of Liberal-labour policy". (Vol. 21, p. 260.)