Eduard Bernstein, a German politician of the socialist party, sets out his beliefs in peaceful, incremental legislative transition to a socialist planned economy. Writing in 1899, the mature Bernstein had by this time disavowed the earlier doctrines of Marxism which crucially advocated violence in the form of revolutionary upheaval. Across three chapters, he details the practical steps a given nation can take to instilling socialism via peaceful means. Quoting Marx's later works, as well as the words of Friedrich Engels, Bernstein develops an alternative thesis that goes against the grain of early Communist thought. Bernstein discusses how a society can realign its industry, production and workers toward achieving a purely socialist-communist outcome. Under no illusions about the stark differences between a capitalist, free market economy and a planned, socialist one, the author details how and in what order the incremental changes towards socialism should be implemented.

Evolutionary Socialism: A Criticism and Affirmation (Hardcover)

Bernstein, Eduard

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Excerpt from Dokumente des Sozialismus, Vol. 2: Hefte für Geschichte, Urkunden und Bibliographie des Sozialismus; II. Und III. BandRaum, der fur das Ganze zur Verfugung steht, konnte nicht allen Punkten die gleiche eingehende Erörterung zu teil werden. So ist z. B. Die Frage des kommunalen Steuerwesens unseres Erachtens etwas zu summa. Risch abgetan; das Problem der Wertzuwachs Bauplatz etc. Steuern kann in so wenigen Worten, als ihm dort gewidmet werden, unmöglich er ledigt werden, noch können wir allem beipflichten, was der Verfasser zur Kritik dieser Steuern sagt. Denn wenn auch die Erwartungen, welche die bürgerlichen Bodenmfomer an sie knüpfen, mit Recht als übertrieben bezeichnet werden dürfen, so ist ihre Ueberwälzung' auf die Mieter doch keineswegs eine so einfache Sache, dass man sie schlechtweg den in direkten Steuern gleichsetzen kann.Weichen wir in diesem und einigen anderen Punkten etwas vom Verfasser ab, so können wir im ganzen seiner Schrift nur hohes Lob spenden. Sie bietet in kleinem Umfange ausserordentlich viel, ist oft sehr anregend und immer klar und packend geschrieben, sehr übersichtlich arrangiert und atmet durchweg eine edle Volkstumiichkeit. Auch die hand liche Ausstattung verdient lobende Erwähnung.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Dokumente des Sozialismus, Vol. 2: Hefte für Geschichte, Urkunden und Bibliographie des Sozialismus; II. Und III. Band (Classic Reprint)

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This is the first complete new translation of Eduard Bernstein's (1850-1932) famous and influential work. It will provide students with an accurate and unabridged edition of the classic defense of democratic socialism and the first significant critique of revolutionary Marxism from within the socialist movement. First published in 1899, at the height of the Revisionist Debate, it argued that capitalism was not heading for the major crisis predicted by Marx, and that socialism could be achieved by piecemeal reform within a democratic constitutional framework. Bernstein's work is the focal point of one of the most important political debates of modern times, and crucial for the light it casts on "the crisis of Communism."

Bernstein: The Preconditions of Socialism (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Economics

Cambridge University Press

Evolutionary Socialism a Criticism and Affirmation

Schocken

Cromwell and Communism was originally published as one of the volumes of Karl Kautsky's comprehensive history of socialism. It was translated into English, in which language it first appeared in 1930. In spite of the advances in modern scholarship which have taken place since that date, Eduard Bernstein is still a valuable source on his chosen subject. At the same time, his sociological imagination is strikingly revealed in this seminal work.

Cromwell & Communism: Socialism & Democracy in the Great English Revolution

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Evolutionary Socialism: A Criticism And Affirmation: (die Voraussetzungen Des Sozialismus Und Die Aufgaben Der Sozialdemokratie.)

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Cromwell and Communism (1930) examines the English revolution against the absolute monarchy of Charles I. It looks at the economic and social conditions prevailing at the time, the first beginnings of dissent and the religious and political aims of the Parliamentarian side in the revolution and subsequent civil war. The various sects are examined, including the Levellers and their democratic, atheistic and communistic ideals.

Cromwell and Communism (Routledge Library Editions: Revolution in England)

Sociology

Routledge

Evolutionary Socialism was Bernstein's most significant work, and it set the stage for the Democratic Socialism of today. In Evolutionary Socialism, Bernstein was principally concerned with refuting Karl Marx's predictions about the imminent and inevitable demise of capitalism. Bernstein warned that a violent proletarian revolution, as in France in 1848, produced only reactionary successes, which undermined workers' interests. Therefore, he rejected revolution and instead insisted the best strategy to be patiently building up a durable social movement working for continuous nonviolent incremental change.

Evolutionary Socialism

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