Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism / / Karl Kautsky ; Edited by Ben Lewis.
Once deemed ‘the pope of Marxism’, Karl Kautsky (1854–1938) was the leading theoretician of the German Social Democratic Party and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his time. However, during the twentieth century a constellation of historical factors ensured that his ideas were gradu...
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| Superior document: | Historical Materialism Book Series ; 196 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Historical Materialism Book Series ;
196. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (366 pages). |
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| Summary: | Once deemed ‘the pope of Marxism’, Karl Kautsky (1854–1938) was the leading theoretician of the German Social Democratic Party and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his time. However, during the twentieth century a constellation of historical factors ensured that his ideas were gradually consigned to near oblivion. Not only has his political thought been dismissed in non-Marxist historical and political discourse, but his ideas are equally discredited in Marxist circles. This book aims to rekindle interest in Kautsky’s ideas by exploring his democratic-republican understanding of state and society. It demonstrates how Kautsky’s republican thought was positively influenced by Marx and Engels – especially in relation to the lessons they drew from the experience of the Paris Commune. |
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| ISBN: | 900439284X |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Karl Kautsky ; Edited by Ben Lewis. |