The democratic socialism of Emile Vandervelde : between reform and revolution
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The democratic socialism of Emile Vandervelde : between reform and revolution
Berg, 1995
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-293) and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780854963942
Description
Winner of the Pierlot Prize in Contemporary History This political biography of Emile Vandervelde traces the path of European socialism at the turn of the century. Vandervelde defined democratic socialism as a compromise between orthodox and revisionist Marxism. As President of the Second International, he brought French, British, and German socialists together as comrades in a common revolutionary struggle.This history of the struggles of two generations of socialists to define and practise what Vandervelde called 'revolutionary reformism' draws attention to the Marxist origins of democratic socialism and will appeal to anyone interested in politics, comparative history or labour movements.
Table of Contents
- Of positivism and peasants
- parler Belge - the general strike for universal manhood suffrage
- defending the indigenous peoples of the Congo - socialism and colonialism
- socialist comrades - the second international
- the king's minister and the international - a socialist generation at war
- the Russian Revolution observed
- the revolution from within - interwar, participation in the government
- internationalism - a dream not revived
- the insider as outsider - socialist nationalism and the Spanish Civil War.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9781859730331
Description
Winner of the Pierlot Prize in Contemporary History This political biography of Emile Vandervelde traces the path of European socialism at the turn of the century. Vandervelde defined democratic socialism as a compromise between orthodox and revisionist Marxism. As President of the Second International, he brought French, British, and German socialists together as comrades in a common revolutionary struggle. This history of the struggles of two generations of socialists to define and practise what Vandervelde called 'revolutionary reformism' draws attention to the Marxist origins of democratic socialism and will appeal to anyone interested in politics, comparative history or labour movements.
Table of Contents
- Of positivism and peasants
- parler Belge - the general strike for universal manhood suffrage
- defending the indigenous peoples of the Congo - socialism and colonialism
- socialist comrades - the second international
- the king's minister and the international - a socialist generation at war
- the Russian Revolution observed
- the revolution from within - interwar, participation in the government
- internationalism - a dream not revived
- the insider as outsider - socialist nationalism and the Spanish Civil War.
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