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Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism: 196

By Karl Kautsky , Ben Lewis (editor)

Book information

Publisher
Brill/ Editorial Board
Year
2019
ISBN
9004331433, 9789004331433
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8415547 bytes)
Series
Historical Materialism Book
Volume
196
Edition
E-book(PDF)
Pages
352\367
Topic
History
Time added
2021-07-25 10:13:16
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Description

"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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