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Bernstein: The Preconditions of Socialism

Bernstein: The Preconditions of Socialism

Bernstein: The Preconditions of Socialism

Eduard Bernstein
Henry Tudor, University of Durham
August 1993
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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."

    • First complete new translation of classic work of socialism
    • Crucial for understanding the history and development of socialist thought, especially Marxism
    • More than ever relevant in the light of the contemporary debate on communism

    Reviews & endorsements

    "Its timely appearance gives students of political theory another reason to be thankful for this marvellous series of Cambridge Texts." Mark Garnett, Times Literary Supplement

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    Product details

    August 1993
    Paperback
    9780521398084
    272 pages
    215 × 138 × 16 mm
    0.32kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Editor's notes
    • Introduction
    • Principal events in Bernstein's life
    • Bibliographical note
    • Foreword
    • 1. The basic tenets of Marxist socialism
    • 2. Marxism and the Hegelian dialectic
    • 3. The economic development of modern society
    • 4. The tasks and the opportunities of social democracy
    • Conclusion
    • The final goal and the movement.
    • Eduard Bernstein
    • Editor
    • Henry Tudor , University of Durham