Karl Kautsky: Marxism, Revolution and Democracy

Abstract

Following the generation of Marx Engels, Kautsky was the leading theorist, interpreter, popularizer of Marxism. In numerous publications he fought against Eduard Bernstein's revisionism Rosa Luxemburg's radicalism. In the last two decades of his life he was a bitter enemy of Leninism. Karl Kautsky: Marxism, Revolution, Democracy consists of six chapters about Kautsky, all written by his grandson. It includes specialized studies of certain aspects of the theorist's political thought as well as his role in politics. chapters cover such topics as the divergent views of Lenin Kautsky on the role of intellectuals in the labor movement, Kautsky's complex concept of revolution as it emerges notably from his book The Road to Power, and Kautsky's thoughts on imperialism. An introductory essay explores the consistency of Kautsky's ideas comments on his relevance today. recent demise of communism in the Soviet Union again brings the question of the relation between communism Marxism to the forefront of political theory. Kautsky's essays shed new light on this controversial timely subject. Karl Kautsky: Marxism, Revolution, Democracy will be an important resource for scholars of political science, political theory, sociology, European history.

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