The German Revolution and Political Theory

The German Revolution and Political Theory

This book is the first collection within political theory to examine the ideas and debates of the German Revolution of 1918/19. It discusses the political theorists and actors of the revolution and uncovers an incredibly fertile body of political thought. Revolutionary events led to the proliferatio...

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Other Authors: Kets, Gaard (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Muldoon, James (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Marx, Engels, and Marxisms,
Subjects:
Political theory.
Germany-Politics and government.
Democracy.
World politics.
Political Theory.
German Politics.
Political History.
Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The "Forgotten" German Revolution: A Conceptual Map (Kets and Muldoon)
  • PART I Rethinking the Revolution
  • 2 Women in the German Revolution (Boak)
  • 3 The German Revolution and the Radical Right (Heynen)
  • 4 Revolutionary Berlin - Fulcrum of the Twentieth Century (Gluckstein)
  • 5 Working Class Politics in the Bremen Council Republic (Kets)
  • 6 Revolutionary Principles and Strategy in the November Revolution: The Case of the USPD (Vrousalis)
  • PART II Political Theorists of the German Revolution
  • 7 Eduard Bernstein and the Lessons of the German Revolution (Ostrowski)
  • 8 Karl Kautsky and the Theory of Socialist Republicanism (Thompson)
  • 9 Democracy and Dictatorship: Rosa Luxemburg's Path to Revolution (Cotta)
  • 10 Richard Müller, Ernst Däumig and the "Pure" Council System (Hoffrogge)
  • 11 Gustav Landauer and the Revolutionary Principle of Non-Violent Non-Cooperation (Bartolf and Miething)
  • 12 Persistent Memories: Jewish Activists and the German Revolution (Bronner)
  • PART III The German Revolution in Contemporary Political Theory
  • 13 A Theory of Council Democracy (Dubigeon)
  • 14 Insurgent Democracy and the German Councils (Mazzocchi)
  • 15 Forgotten Uprisings and Silent Dialogues: Hannah Arendt and the German Revolution (Lederman)
  • 16 Rosa Luxemburg on the Dialectic of Spontaneous and Party Politics (Tambakaki)
  • 17 The Birth of Council Communism (Muldoon).

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