Marxism and Social Democracy: The Revisionist Debate, 1896 1898 Contributor(s): Tudor, J. M. (Editor), Tudor, H. (Editor), Tudor, Henry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521340497 ISBN-13: 9780521340496 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1988 Annotation: This is an anthology in English translation of the major texts concerned with the nineteenth-century debates between democratic socialism and revolutionary Marxism. The central figure is Eduard Bernstein, a leading German social democrat and former associate of Engels, who argued that Marx's analysis of society had been overtaken by events, and that his doctrine of revolution should be replaced by a policy of evolutionary reform by democratic means. The ensuing controversy between Bernstein and his opponents (Bebel, Kautsky, Parvus, Rosa Luxemburg, and Belfort Bax) helped create the split between center and far left, which is still a feature of socialist politics in Europe. Most of the articles and letters contained in this book have never been translated before, so the English-speaking reader is able to follow the debate for the first time. The debate is analysed in the introduction and the editors also provide detailed annotation and a bibliography. This volume will be a critical sourcebook for all serious students of nineteenth-century political theory. |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
Dewey: 335.423 |
LCCN: 87010875 |
Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.44 lbs) 400 pages |