On the formation of Marxism : Karl Kautsky's theory of capitalism, the Marxism of the Second International and Karl Marx's critique of political economy / by Jukka Gronow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gronow, Jukka, author.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 113.

Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883.

Marx, Karl.

Kautsky, Karl, 1854-1938.

Kautsky, Karl.

Capitalism.

Communism--History.

Communism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 pages)

Place of Publication:

Brill 2016

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2016].

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Karl Kautsky was, for three decades before the First World War, the main authority on the intellectual heritage of Marx and Engels, the founding fathers of Marxism. His interpretation of Marx’s Capital and the basic laws and contradictions of capitalism was the standard reference point for both the foes and allies of Social Democracy. Jukka Gronow’s On the Formation of Marxism analyses Kautsky’s impact on the self-understanding of the European labour movement from his dispute over Revisionism with Eduard Bernstein to his polemics with V.I. Lenin over Imperialism and the Russian Revolution. Despite many political differences, Gronow shows that these authors shared a common understanding of the basic nature of capitalism, which in important respects differed from Marx’s critique of political economy.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Organised Capitalism, the General Cartel and the Proletariat

The Dispute over Revisionism

The Theory of Immiseration, Socialist Consciousness and the Intellectuals

Socialism as Science

The Capitalist Law of Appropriation: Kautsky’s Interpretation of Karl Marx’s Economic Thought

The Centralisation of Capital and Monopoly Formation

Imperialism and the Relation between Industrial and Agrarian Countries

Imperialism and Its Alternatives

Imperialism as the Last Stage of Capitalism

Theoretical Sources of Kautsky’s and Lenin’s Studies on Imperialism

Imperialism as the Truth about Capitalism

Parliamentary Democracy and Revolutionary Tactics

The Question of Democracy and Dictatorship: Lenin’s Critique of Kautsky the Renegade

The Immanent Critique and the Natural Rights Theory

John Locke, Adam Smith and Karl Marx’s Critique of Private Property

The Principle of Labour

The Theory of Increasing Misery and the Critique of Capitalism

Conclusion

Bibliography

Indexes.

Notes:

Originally published as the author's doctoral thesis, Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki in 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on October 22, 2020.

Other Format:

Print version: Gronow, Jukka. On the formation of Marxism.

ISBN:

90-04-30665-X

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004306653 DOI