H. Tudor y J. M. Tudor (eds.) Marxism and Social Democracy: The Revisionist Debate 1896-1898.

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Bernstein’s Early Career

Bernstein’s Conversion

The Revisionist Position Defined

The Assault from the Left

The Stuttgart Conference and After

The Nature of the Debate

1 – Bernstein as Orthodox Marxist

Leo [= Bernstein]: Show Your Colours! Sozialdemokrat, 13 April 1882

Leo [= Bernstein]: Socialism and the State, Sozialdemokrat, 20 December 1883

Leo [= Bernstein]: Producers’ Co-operatives with State Credit, Sozialdemokrat, 26 June 1884

2 – Colonialism and Socialism: Bernstein’s First Exchange with Belfort Bax

Bernstein: German Social Democracy and the Turkish Troubles, Neue Zeit, 14 October 1896

Belfort Bax: Our German Fabian Convert; or, Socialism According to Bernstein, Justice, 7 November 1896

Bernstein: Amongst the Philistines: A Rejoinder to Belfort Bax, Justice, 14 November 1896

Belfort Bax: The Socialism of Bernstein, Justice, 21 November 1896

3 – Problems of Socialism: First Series

Bernstein: 1. General Observations on Utopianism and Eclecticism, Neue Zeit, 28 October 1896

Adler to Kautsky (extract), Vienna, 9 November 1896

Kautsky to Adler (extract), Stuttgart, 12 November 1896

Bernstein: 5. The Social and Political Significance of Space and Number, Neue Zeit, 14 and 21 April 1897

4 – Socialism and the Proletariat

Bernstein: Problems of Socialism, Second Series: Socialism and Child Labour in Industry, Neue Zeit, 29 September 1897

(Anon): Bernstein’s Latest, Justice, 16 October 1897

Bernstein: Crime and the Masses, Neue Zeit, 10 November 1897

Bebel to Kautsky (extract), Berlin, 16 November 1897

Bernstein: The Conflict in the English Engineering Industry: 1. The Issues of Principle in the Conflict, Neue Zeit, 28 December 1897

Bernstein: The Conflict in the English Engineering Industry: 2. Its Aims and Consequences, Neue Zeit, 19 January 1898

Bebel to Kautsky, 15 February 1898

5 – The Movement and the Final Goal: Bernstein’s Second Exchange with Belfort Bax

Belfort Bax: Colonial Policy and Chauvinism, Neue Zeit, 21 December 1897

Bernstein: The Struggle of Social Democracy and the Social Revolution: 1. Polemical Aspects, Neue Zeit, 5 January 1898

Bernstein: The Struggle of Social Democracy and the Social Revolution: 2. The Theory of Collapse and Colonial Policy, Neue Zeit, 19 January 1898

6 – Bernstein’s Overthrow of Socialism: Parvus’s Intervention

Parvus: 1. The Concentration of Industry, Sächsische Arbeiter-Zeitung, 28 January 1898

Parvus: 2. Further Forays into Occupational Statistics, Sächsische Arbeiter-Zeitung, 1 February 1898

Parvus: 3, The Social-Revolutionary Army, Sächsische Arbeiter-Zeitung, 6 February 1898

Parvus: 4. The Social-Revolutionary Army (continued), Sächsische Arbeiter-Zeitung, 8 February 1898

Bernstein: A Statement, Vorwärts, 7 February 1898

Parvus: Bernstein’s Statement, Sächsische ArbeiterZeitung, 9 February 1898

Parvus: 5. The Peasantry and the Social Revolution, Sächsische Arbeiter-Zeitung, 12 February 1898

7 – Revisionism Defended

Schmidt: Final Goal and Movement, Vorwärts, 20 February 1898

Bernstein: Critical Interlude, Neue Zeit, 1 March 1898

Adler to Kautsky (extract), Vienna, 4 April 1898

Kautsky to Adler (extract), Berlin-Friedenau, 9 April 1898

Luxemburg to Jogiches (extract), Berlin, 2 July 1898

8 – Problems of Socialism: Second Series

Bernstein: 2. The Realistic and the Ideological Moments in Socialism, Neue Zeit, nos. 34 and 39, 1898

Kautsky to Adler (extract), 4 August 1898

9 – Social Reform or Revolution? Rosa Luxemburg’s Intervention

Luxemburg: The Method, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 21 September 1898

Luxemburg: The Adaptation of Capitalism, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 22 and 23 September 1898

Luxemburg: The Introduction of Socialism through Social Reforms, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 24 and 26 September 1898

Luxemburg: Tariff Policy and Militarism, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 27 September 1898

Luxemburg: Practical Consequences and General Character of the Theory, Leipziger Volkszeitung, 28 September 1898

10 – The Party Conference at Stuttgart: The Debate on the Press

Clara Zetkin – Stadthagen – Parvus – Rosa Luxemburg – Frohme – Gradnauer – Bebel – Kautsky — Heine — Clara Zetkin – Liebknecht

11 – The Summing-up

Bernstein: The Conquest of Political Power, Vorwärts, 13 October 1898

Kautsky: Tactics and Principles, Vorwärts, 13 October 1898

Adler: The Party Conference at Stuttgart, Arbeiter-Zeitung, 16 October 1898

Bebel to Bernstein, 16 October 1898

Bernstein to Bebel, 20 October 1898

Bebel to Bernstein, 22 October 1898

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