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This book presents six major texts and selected shorter writings by
the social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein,
translated into English for the first time: Socialism Past and
Present; The Social Doctrine of Anarchism; Social Liberalism or
Collectivism?; How is Scientific Socialism Possible?; What is
Socialism?; The Socialisation of Enterprises; and articles from the
periodicals Neue Zeit and Sozialistische Monatshefte alongside
several unpublished manuscripts. Written over the period 1893 to
1931, these works focus on socialism as an ideology, and trace
debates about ethics, social science, and class struggle that
preoccupied the early-20th-century socialist movement. Bernstein
carefully demarcates the boundaries between socialism and its
ideological rivals, contrasting its communitarian aspirations with
individualistic liberalism and anarchism, and its adherence to
democratic methods with the totalitarian violence of communism and
fascism. He revisits the intellectual canon of socialist thought,
recentring contributions by Ferdinand Lassalle, Karl Rodbertus, and
other neglected figures alongside those of Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engels. Urging socialists to seize the opportunities afforded by
their growing political representation, Bernstein addresses the
strategies needed to achieve progressive policy reforms, including
the prospects for realising socialism with the foundation of the
Weimar Republic. 'In this illuminating collection, Marius Ostrowski
brings together several essays by Eduard Bernstein, spanning a
forty-year period of activity and addressing the question of "what
is socialism". At a time of renewed reflection on the foundation
and value of social democracy, engaging with the thought of one of
its founding fathers will be immeasurably valuable for both
supporters and critics.' -Professor Lea Ypi, London School of
Economics, UK 'During his long life, Eduard Bernstein made a
contribution of great significance to both the theoretical and
political development of the left, emerging as a founding figure of
European social democracy. In this splendid volume, Marius
Ostrowski presents Bernstein's writing in its full richness and
complexity, bringing together his lucid translations into English
of some of the major theoretical works published by Bernstein
during the years of the Weimar Republic. This book makes a valuable
contribution to our understanding of the development of the
socialist tradition during a period of great political turmoil, and
gives us a three-dimensional understanding of Bernstein's
contributions to socialism and social democracy.' - Dr Martin
O'Neill, University of York, UK
This book presents two major texts and selected shorter writings by
the social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein,
translated into English in full for the first time: The German
Revolution: A History of the Emergence and First Working Period of
the German Republic; How A Revolution Perished; and articles from
Vorwarts and other socialist periodicals. Written in the aftermath
of the 1918 German Revolution and the end of WWI, they address the
overthrow of autocratic rule in Germany, and provide a live
chronicle and retrospective assessment of the Weimar Republic's
foundation. Bernstein gives a detailed chronology of the German
Revolution and its intellectual, economic, and political context,
and offers a historical analogy in his account of the 1848 French
Revolution, which differs in key respects from that of Karl Marx in
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon. Drawing on his own
experience of the events he describes, he revisits the socialist
debate over 'reform or revolution' that he himself had provoked at
the turn of the 20th century, and consciously seeks to wrest
ownership of the Revolution's legacy away from the Spartacist and
communist left. In these works, Bernstein exhorts social democrats
to rally behind the nascent Republic and resist the siren-calls of
its militant opponents on radical left and right, and he engages
with themes of party unity, political violence, democracy, and the
role of ideology that have echoed through left theory and strategy
ever since.
This book presents three later works by the German
social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein,
translated into English in full for the first time: Social
Democracy and International Politics: Social Democracy and the
European Question; League of Nations or League of States; and
International Law and International Politics: The Nature,
Questions, and Future of International Law. Written at the height
of WW1, they address the abrupt collapse of international socialist
cooperation after its outbreak, and outline a vision for peace in
Europe and beyond. Bernstein argues for an ethical, democratic
approach to international relations, governed by a corpus of
international law, and safeguarded by an international union
dedicated to preserving peoples' right to self-determination. He is
sceptical of the state-centrism of early-20th-century liberal
proposals for developing strong international institutions, while
also deeply critical of militarist and imperialist political
leaders and thinkers for preventing even these limited proposals
from being realised. Instead, in these works, Bernstein urges
social democrats to campaign for a system of international
economic, legal, and cultural relations that he calls the 'republic
of peoples', and he explores themes of patriotism, class struggle,
diplomacy, and free trade that still carry resonance today.
This book presents six major texts and selected shorter writings by
the social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein,
translated into English for the first time: Socialism Past and
Present; The Social Doctrine of Anarchism; Social Liberalism or
Collectivism?; How is Scientific Socialism Possible?; What is
Socialism?; The Socialisation of Enterprises; and articles from the
periodicals Neue Zeit and Sozialistische Monatshefte alongside
several unpublished manuscripts. Written over the period 1893 to
1931, these works focus on socialism as an ideology, and trace
debates about ethics, social science, and class struggle that
preoccupied the early-20th-century socialist movement. Bernstein
carefully demarcates the boundaries between socialism and its
ideological rivals, contrasting its communitarian aspirations with
individualistic liberalism and anarchism, and its adherence to
democratic methods with the totalitarian violence of communism and
fascism. He revisits the intellectual canon of socialist thought,
recentring contributions by Ferdinand Lassalle, Karl Rodbertus, and
other neglected figures alongside those of Karl Marx and Friedrich
Engels. Urging socialists to seize the opportunities afforded by
their growing political representation, Bernstein addresses the
strategies needed to achieve progressive policy reforms, including
the prospects for realising socialism with the foundation of the
Weimar Republic. 'In this illuminating collection, Marius Ostrowski
brings together several essays by Eduard Bernstein, spanning a
forty-year period of activity and addressing the question of "what
is socialism". At a time of renewed reflection on the foundation
and value of social democracy, engaging with the thought of one of
its founding fathers will be immeasurably valuable for both
supporters and critics.' -Professor Lea Ypi, London School of
Economics, UK 'During his long life, Eduard Bernstein made a
contribution of great significance to both the theoretical and
political development of the left, emerging as a founding figure of
European social democracy. In this splendid volume, Marius
Ostrowski presents Bernstein's writing in its full richness and
complexity, bringing together his lucid translations into English
of some of the major theoretical works published by Bernstein
during the years of the Weimar Republic. This book makes a valuable
contribution to our understanding of the development of the
socialist tradition during a period of great political turmoil, and
gives us a three-dimensional understanding of Bernstein's
contributions to socialism and social democracy.' - Dr Martin
O'Neill, University of York, UK
This book presents two major texts and selected shorter writings by
the social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein,
translated into English in full for the first time: The German
Revolution: A History of the Emergence and First Working Period of
the German Republic; How A Revolution Perished; and articles from
Vorwarts and other socialist periodicals. Written in the aftermath
of the 1918 German Revolution and the end of WWI, they address the
overthrow of autocratic rule in Germany, and provide a live
chronicle and retrospective assessment of the Weimar Republic's
foundation. Bernstein gives a detailed chronology of the German
Revolution and its intellectual, economic, and political context,
and offers a historical analogy in his account of the 1848 French
Revolution, which differs in key respects from that of Karl Marx in
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Napoleon. Drawing on his own
experience of the events he describes, he revisits the socialist
debate over 'reform or revolution' that he himself had provoked at
the turn of the 20th century, and consciously seeks to wrest
ownership of the Revolution's legacy away from the Spartacist and
communist left. In these works, Bernstein exhorts social democrats
to rally behind the nascent Republic and resist the siren-calls of
its militant opponents on radical left and right, and he engages
with themes of party unity, political violence, democracy, and the
role of ideology that have echoed through left theory and strategy
ever since.
This book presents three later works by the German
social-democratic thinker and politician Eduard Bernstein,
translated into English in full for the first time: Social
Democracy and International Politics: Social Democracy and the
European Question; League of Nations or League of States; and
International Law and International Politics: The Nature,
Questions, and Future of International Law. Written at the height
of WW1, they address the abrupt collapse of international socialist
cooperation after its outbreak, and outline a vision for peace in
Europe and beyond. Bernstein argues for an ethical, democratic
approach to international relations, governed by a corpus of
international law, and safeguarded by an international union
dedicated to preserving peoples' right to self-determination. He is
sceptical of the state-centrism of early-20th-century liberal
proposals for developing strong international institutions, while
also deeply critical of militarist and imperialist political
leaders and thinkers for preventing even these limited proposals
from being realised. Instead, in these works, Bernstein urges
social democrats to campaign for a system of international
economic, legal, and cultural relations that he calls the 'republic
of peoples', and he explores themes of patriotism, class struggle,
diplomacy, and free trade that still carry resonance today.
This work outlines a strategy for how the contemporary left should
build progressive alliances. It takes a 'drawing lessons from
history' approach, focusing especially on the exchanges of ideas
that took place among European progressive movements and authors
between WW1 and WW2. These exchanges bridged ideological and
partisan divides between socialists and liberals of various
stripes, and included prominent British figures-e.g., John Maynard
Keynes, Clement Attlee, John A. Hobson, G.D.H. Cole, and Ramsay
MacDonald- as well as their contemporaries in Austria, the Benelux,
and Weimar Germany. This work seeks to connect these interwar
debates to the questions raised by the current crisis in social
democracy, and the somewhat contrasting backdrop this provides to
the Labour party's recent electoral and polling positions. Rather
than letting the relationship between 'radicals' and 'moderates' on
the left in current political discourse be defined by the
'reformist' or 'revolutionary' nature of their aims, the work makes
the case for today's social democrats to adopt a cross-party and
cross-class 'unity strategy'.
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