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Karl Kautsky, 1854-1938 : Marxism in the classical years / by Gary P. Steenson.

By:

Steenson, Gary P, 1944- [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c1978.Description: xii, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

0822933772

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

335.4/092/4 B

LOC classification:

HX 273 .K34 S7 1978

Contents:

Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Prague and Vienna, 1854 - 1879 -- Chapter Three: The Peripatetic Decade, 1880 - 1890 -- Chapter Four: Challenge from the right: 1890 - 1904 -- Chapter Five: Challenge from the left: 1905 - 1914 -- Chapter Six: The Great war and the two revolutions, 1914 - 1924 -- Chapter Seven: Return to Vienna: 1924 - 1938.

Summary: The first major study of Karl Kautsky, considered the most influential Marxian theoretician in the world, from 1895 to 1914. Outside of Friedrich Engels, Kautsky did more to popularize Marism than any other person. An entire generation of Marxists, including Lenin and Trotsky, learned the doctrine in large part from Kautsky.Summary: 'This outstanding political biography traces the development of Kausky as a thinker and a Socialist. The author treats Kautsky with respect and affection without minimizing his weaknesses. In fact, this work could serve as a model for political biographies: it is meticulously researched in archives and libraries; it is written in good, clear, declarative sentences, and it avoids the major pitfall of polemicizing instead of enlightening.'

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Includes illustrations.

Includes bibliographical references ( pages 291-301.) and index.

The first major study of Karl Kautsky, considered the most influential Marxian theoretician in the world, from 1895 to 1914. Outside of Friedrich Engels, Kautsky did more to popularize Marism than any other person. An entire generation of Marxists, including Lenin and Trotsky, learned the doctrine in large part from Kautsky.

'This outstanding political biography traces the development of Kausky as a thinker and a Socialist. The author treats Kautsky with respect and affection without minimizing his weaknesses. In fact, this work could serve as a model for political biographies: it is meticulously researched in archives and libraries; it is written in good, clear, declarative sentences, and it avoids the major pitfall of polemicizing instead of enlightening.'

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