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Though largely unknown to the English-speaking world, the Austro-Marxist school of thinkers offered a number of essential theoretical insights into the issues faced by the burgeoning socialist movement of their time. This illuminating volume collects the most important works of the key figures from this schoolOtto Bauer, Max Adler, Karl Renner, Friedrich Adler, Rudolf Hilferding, and Otto Neurathand historically situates their contributions through brief biographical sketches, making them accessible to English speaking readers for the first time.
Price: $50.00
Pages: 543
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Imprint: Haymarket Books
Series: Historical Materialism
Publication Date:
14 February 2017
Trim Size: 11.00 X 9.00 in
ISBN: 9781608466993
Format: Paperback
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“Mark E. Blum and William Smaldone’s two-volume edition of original texts make Austromarxism accessible beyond expert circles [...] For years, if not decades, these volumes will be the reference source for anyone interested in Austromarxism.”
—Ingo Schmidt, H-Net Reviews
Mark E. Blum Ph.D. (1970), University of Pennsylvania, is a Professor of History at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. He published books, monographs and articles on European socialism, including The Austro-Marxists,1890-1918: A Psychobiographical Study (University of Kentucky, 1985).
William Smaldone Ph.D. (1989), SUNY at Binghamton, is Professor of History at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He published monographs and articles on the history of European socialism, including, most recently, European Socialism: A Concise History with Documents (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013
William Smaldone Ph.D. (1989), SUNY at Binghamton, is Professor of History at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He published monographs and articles on the history of European socialism, including, most recently, European Socialism: A Concise History with Documents (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013
Preface
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Introduction
PART TWO: OVERVIEW OF AUSTRO-MARXIST THEORETICIANS
Max Adler
Otto Bauer
Karl Renner
Friedrich Adler
Otto Neurath
Rudolf Hilferding
PART THREE: THE TRANSLATED THEORETICAL TEXTS OF THE AUSTRO-MARXISTS
Max Adler
‘The New Concept of Sociation’, in Lehrbuch der Materialistischen Geschichtsauffassung (1930)
‘The Social A Priori’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘The “Given” as Living Consciousness’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘The Activity of Consciousness’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘Social Being and Social Science’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘Marxism and Anarchism’, in Die Staatsauffassimg des Marxismus, Marx-Studien, Vol. 4, Part 2, Chapters XV, XVI, XVII, and XVIII (1922)
‘Why We Are Not Understood’, in Die Staatsauffassimg des Marxismus, Marx-Studien, Vol. 4, Part 2, Chapter XIX (1922)
‘Belief as an Epistemological Concept’, in Das Soziologishe in Kants Erkenntniskritik: Ein Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung zwischen Naturalismus und Kritizismus (1924)
‘The Given in Ethics’, in Das Soziologishe in Kants Erkenntniskritik: Ein Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung zwischen Naturalismus und Kritizismus (1924)
Otto Bauer
‘The Concept of Nation’, in The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy (1907)
‘Remarks on the Question of Nationalities’, Die Neue Zeit, Vol. XXV (1908)
‘Marxism and Ethics’, Die Neue Zeit, Vol. XXIII (1906)
‘Intervals in History’, Der Kampf, Vol. 3 (1910)
‘The Equilibrium of Class Strengths’, Der Kampf, Vol. 17 (1924)
‘The Transition from the Capitalist to the Socialist Society’, in Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (1927–8)
Karl Renner
(Synopticus), State and Nation: A Constitutional Investigation of the Possible Principles of a Solution and the Juridical Prerequisites of a Law of Nationalities (1899)
‘Legal Institutions and Economic Structure’, in The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions [Die Rechtsinstitute des Privatrechts und Ihre Soziale Funktion] (1929 [1904])
‘Economic Democracy: The Programme of Economic Self-Help Among the Working Classes’, Der Kampf, Vol. 19 (1926)
‘Economic Democracy’, Der Kampf, Vol. 19 (1926)
Friedrich Adler
‘Friedrich Engels and Natural Science’, Die Neue Zeit, Vol. XXIV (1906–7)
‘Why do we need Theories? (originally in Der Kampf, March, 1909)’, in The Renewal of the International [Die Erneuerung der Internationale] (1919)
Otto Neurath
‘Sociology as Physicalism [Soziologie im Physikalismus]’, in Erkenntnis, Vol. 2 (1931)
‘Protocol Statements’ [‘Protokollsätze’], Erkenntnis, Vol. 3 (1932–3)
Rudolf Hilferding
‘Preface’, Finance Capital, A Study of the Latest Development of Capitalism (1910)
‘The Work Community of the Classes?’, Der Kampf, Vol. 8 (1915)
Bibliography
Index
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Introduction
PART TWO: OVERVIEW OF AUSTRO-MARXIST THEORETICIANS
Max Adler
Otto Bauer
Karl Renner
Friedrich Adler
Otto Neurath
Rudolf Hilferding
PART THREE: THE TRANSLATED THEORETICAL TEXTS OF THE AUSTRO-MARXISTS
Max Adler
‘The New Concept of Sociation’, in Lehrbuch der Materialistischen Geschichtsauffassung (1930)
‘The Social A Priori’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘The “Given” as Living Consciousness’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘The Activity of Consciousness’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘Social Being and Social Science’, in The Enigma of Society (1936)
‘Marxism and Anarchism’, in Die Staatsauffassimg des Marxismus, Marx-Studien, Vol. 4, Part 2, Chapters XV, XVI, XVII, and XVIII (1922)
‘Why We Are Not Understood’, in Die Staatsauffassimg des Marxismus, Marx-Studien, Vol. 4, Part 2, Chapter XIX (1922)
‘Belief as an Epistemological Concept’, in Das Soziologishe in Kants Erkenntniskritik: Ein Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung zwischen Naturalismus und Kritizismus (1924)
‘The Given in Ethics’, in Das Soziologishe in Kants Erkenntniskritik: Ein Beitrag zur Auseinandersetzung zwischen Naturalismus und Kritizismus (1924)
Otto Bauer
‘The Concept of Nation’, in The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy (1907)
‘Remarks on the Question of Nationalities’, Die Neue Zeit, Vol. XXV (1908)
‘Marxism and Ethics’, Die Neue Zeit, Vol. XXIII (1906)
‘Intervals in History’, Der Kampf, Vol. 3 (1910)
‘The Equilibrium of Class Strengths’, Der Kampf, Vol. 17 (1924)
‘The Transition from the Capitalist to the Socialist Society’, in Einführung in die Volkswirtschaftslehre (1927–8)
Karl Renner
(Synopticus), State and Nation: A Constitutional Investigation of the Possible Principles of a Solution and the Juridical Prerequisites of a Law of Nationalities (1899)
‘Legal Institutions and Economic Structure’, in The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions [Die Rechtsinstitute des Privatrechts und Ihre Soziale Funktion] (1929 [1904])
‘Economic Democracy: The Programme of Economic Self-Help Among the Working Classes’, Der Kampf, Vol. 19 (1926)
‘Economic Democracy’, Der Kampf, Vol. 19 (1926)
Friedrich Adler
‘Friedrich Engels and Natural Science’, Die Neue Zeit, Vol. XXIV (1906–7)
‘Why do we need Theories? (originally in Der Kampf, March, 1909)’, in The Renewal of the International [Die Erneuerung der Internationale] (1919)
Otto Neurath
‘Sociology as Physicalism [Soziologie im Physikalismus]’, in Erkenntnis, Vol. 2 (1931)
‘Protocol Statements’ [‘Protokollsätze’], Erkenntnis, Vol. 3 (1932–3)
Rudolf Hilferding
‘Preface’, Finance Capital, A Study of the Latest Development of Capitalism (1910)
‘The Work Community of the Classes?’, Der Kampf, Vol. 8 (1915)
Bibliography
Index