The Austro-Marxists 1890-1918: A Psychobiographical Study

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In the brilliant world of Vienna at the turn of the century four men—Karl Renner, Otto Bauer, Max Adler, and Friedrich Adler—sought to develop political and economic resolutions to the racial and cultural tensions that were beginning to strain the bonds of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In this highly original study of these Austro-Marxists, Mark E. Blum uses the insights of depth psychology to trace the roots of their political philosophy in their family and social backgrounds. The Austro-Marxists 1890–1918 is the first book to offer a systematic examination of the thought and milieu of these four thinkers. The only major work on the subject in English, it is a significant contribution to the history of European socialism and, in particular, to the development of Marxist thought outside Russia. Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction PART ONE: 1890-1914 1 The Austro-Marxist Idea 2 Karl Renner's Search for a Home 3 Renner and the Interpretation of the State 4 The Party as Family for Otto Bauer 5 Bauer's Cultural Dialectics 6 Max Adler, the Eternal Youth 7 Max Adler, the Incomplete Theoretician 8 The Party as Father for Friedrich Adler 9 Friedrich Adler: From Physics to Marxism PART TWO: 1914-1918 10 Karl Renner as German Chauvinist 11 Otto Bauer: Success through Equivocation 12 Max Adler: Will and Idea in Wartime 13 Friedrich Adler Encounters His Fate Conclusion Notes Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W Z