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After Marx, Before Lenin: Marxism and Socialist Working-Class Parties in Europe, 1884-1914
Contributor(s): Steenson, Gary (Author)

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 ISBN: 0822985292     ISBN-13: 9780822985297
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
OUR PRICE: $52.25  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 1991
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Process - Political Parties
- History | Western Europe - General
- Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism
Dewey: 324.240
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (1.10 lbs) 366 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western Europe
Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
 
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In this book, Gary P. Steenson offers new interpretations of the history and nature of socialist movements in Germany, France, Austria, and Italy, from after Karl Marx's death until World War I. Based largely on Friedrich Engels's correspondence and those of other socialist party leaders, Steenson analyzes Engels's view of European politics and those of his strategic counsel. He also derives the standards of Marxian orthodoxy from party publications and the political press. The central importance of Engels is clear, as is the seductive appeal of his frequently insightful, often misguided counsel to working politicians. Steenson also finds that this period saw no contradiction in adherence to Marxism and full participation in democratic, representative politics-and that in those countries where democratic forms did not exist, Marxists led the struggle to obtain them.
 
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