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During the first half of the twentieth century, Austrian socialist thinkers - chief among them Otto Bauer, Rudolf Hilferding, Karl Renner, and Max Adler - emerged from and helped transform Austrian Social Democracy into one of Europe's best organized and most effective political and social movements. Through its expertly selected and introduced original documents this wide-ranging volume offers English readers the most thorough effort to date to provide a representative sampling of the Austro-Marxists' key theoretical ideas.

Table of Contents
Preface

Introduction

(1889–1914): Halcyon Days

Introduction to Part 1

Resolutions of the Austrian Social Democratic Party Congress at Hainfeld (30–1 December 1888 and 1 January 1889) and the Subsequent Party Congress in Vienna (Pentecost 1892)

The Nationalities Programme of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (1899)

Otto Bauer
 The Road to Power (1909)
 Parliamentarianism (1910)
 Internal Conflicts in Austrian Social Democracy (1910)
 The Dangers of Reformism (1913)
 The Basic Question of Our Tactic (1913)

Rudolf Hilferding
 Parliamentarianism and the Mass Strike (1904)
 With Collective Power (1912)

Karl Renner
 What Has Social Democracy Accomplished? (1907)
 Sympathies and Antipathies (1909)
 Our Party Congress (1909)
 The Organisation of the World (1910)
 The Reckless Regime (1914)

(1914–20): War and Revolution

Introduction to Part 2

Friedrich Adler
 Unity or Threefold Division in the International (1919)
 Letter to Leo Trotsky (1919)

Max Adler
 Democracy and the Council System (1919)

Otto Bauer
 The Russian Revolution and the European Proletariat (1917)
 The German-Austrian State (1918)
 One Year of Revolution (1919)
 Socialisation during the Republic’s First Year (1919)
 Council Democracy or Dictatorship? (1919)

Rudolf Hilferding
 Historical Necessity or Necessary Politics? (1915)
 Europeans, not Central Europeans! (1915)
 For the Future of the German Workers’ Movement (1916)
 Revolutionary Trust! (1918)
 Clarity! (1918)
 Expand the Council System! (1919)
 The Socialisation Question (1919)
 Political and Economic Power Relations and Socialisation (1920)
 Revolutionary Politics or Illusions of Power (1920)

Karl Renner
 The Crisis of Socialism (1916)
 What is Class Struggle? (1919)
 On the Threshold of the Transition from Democracy to Socialism (1919)

(1921–7): Stabilisation and Growth

Introduction to Part 3

Friedrich Adler
 Imperfections in the Programme Design (1926)
 The Conflict over the Definition of Democracy (1926)

Max Adler
 Dictatorship (1922)
 Political or Social Democracy (1926)
 Towards a Discussion of the New Party Programme (1926)

Otto Bauer
 The Struggle for Power (1924)
 The Social Democratic Agrarian Programme (1925)
 The Programme of the Social Democratic Workers Party of German Austria (1926)
 The Party’s Next Tasks (1927)
 The July Events (1927)

Rudolf Hilferding
 The Transformation of Politics (1922)
 Problems of Our Time (1924)
 Realistic Pacifism (1924)
 The Heidelberg Programme (1925)
 The Tasks of Social Democracy in the Republic (1927)

Karl Renner
 Principle in Practice (1925)

(1928–34): Collapse

Introduction to Part 4

Max Adler
 A New Approach to Our Politics? (1928)
 Practical and Impractical Class Struggle (1928)
 On the Principle of Proletarian Politics (1928)
 How Do We Get to Socialism? (1932)

Otto Bauer
 Class Struggle in Democracy (1928)
 The Prerequisites of Parliamentarianism (1928)
 Revolutionary Spadework (1928)
 Austria’s Economic and Social Situation (1928)
 A Reply to Max Adler (1929)
 A Letter to Karl Renner (1930)
 We Will Defend Our Threatened Freedom (1932)
 For Democracy (1933)
 Work for 200,000 (1933)
 Social Democracy and the Corporate Order (1933)
 Revolution and Counterrevolution in Austria (1934)
 Tactical Lessons of the Austrian Catastrophe (1934)

Rudolf Hilferding
 Leaving the Government (1930)
 In the Danger Zone (1930)
 Social Control or Private Control over the Economy (1931)
 Under the Threat of Fascism (1932)
 Between Decisions (1933)
 Revolutionary Socialism (1934)

Karl Renner
 Some Experiences of Practical Class Struggle (1928)
 A Different Austria. Into the Decisive Struggle! (1930)
 Will Democracy Prove Itself? (1932)

Bibliography
Index

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      Book Synopsis
      During the first half of the twentieth century, Austrian socialist thinkers - chief among them Otto Bauer, Rudolf Hilferding, Karl Renner, and Max Adler - emerged from and helped transform Austrian Social Democracy into one of Europe's best organized and most effective political and social movements. Through its expertly selected and introduced original documents this wide-ranging volume offers English readers the most thorough effort to date to provide a representative sampling of the Austro-Marxists' key theoretical ideas.

      Table of Contents
      Preface

      Introduction

      (1889–1914): Halcyon Days

      Introduction to Part 1

      Resolutions of the Austrian Social Democratic Party Congress at Hainfeld (30–1 December 1888 and 1 January 1889) and the Subsequent Party Congress in Vienna (Pentecost 1892)

      The Nationalities Programme of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (1899)

      Otto Bauer
       The Road to Power (1909)
       Parliamentarianism (1910)
       Internal Conflicts in Austrian Social Democracy (1910)
       The Dangers of Reformism (1913)
       The Basic Question of Our Tactic (1913)

      Rudolf Hilferding
       Parliamentarianism and the Mass Strike (1904)
       With Collective Power (1912)

      Karl Renner
       What Has Social Democracy Accomplished? (1907)
       Sympathies and Antipathies (1909)
       Our Party Congress (1909)
       The Organisation of the World (1910)
       The Reckless Regime (1914)

      (1914–20): War and Revolution

      Introduction to Part 2

      Friedrich Adler
       Unity or Threefold Division in the International (1919)
       Letter to Leo Trotsky (1919)

      Max Adler
       Democracy and the Council System (1919)

      Otto Bauer
       The Russian Revolution and the European Proletariat (1917)
       The German-Austrian State (1918)
       One Year of Revolution (1919)
       Socialisation during the Republic’s First Year (1919)
       Council Democracy or Dictatorship? (1919)

      Rudolf Hilferding
       Historical Necessity or Necessary Politics? (1915)
       Europeans, not Central Europeans! (1915)
       For the Future of the German Workers’ Movement (1916)
       Revolutionary Trust! (1918)
       Clarity! (1918)
       Expand the Council System! (1919)
       The Socialisation Question (1919)
       Political and Economic Power Relations and Socialisation (1920)
       Revolutionary Politics or Illusions of Power (1920)

      Karl Renner
       The Crisis of Socialism (1916)
       What is Class Struggle? (1919)
       On the Threshold of the Transition from Democracy to Socialism (1919)

      (1921–7): Stabilisation and Growth

      Introduction to Part 3

      Friedrich Adler
       Imperfections in the Programme Design (1926)
       The Conflict over the Definition of Democracy (1926)

      Max Adler
       Dictatorship (1922)
       Political or Social Democracy (1926)
       Towards a Discussion of the New Party Programme (1926)

      Otto Bauer
       The Struggle for Power (1924)
       The Social Democratic Agrarian Programme (1925)
       The Programme of the Social Democratic Workers Party of German Austria (1926)
       The Party’s Next Tasks (1927)
       The July Events (1927)

      Rudolf Hilferding
       The Transformation of Politics (1922)
       Problems of Our Time (1924)
       Realistic Pacifism (1924)
       The Heidelberg Programme (1925)
       The Tasks of Social Democracy in the Republic (1927)

      Karl Renner
       Principle in Practice (1925)

      (1928–34): Collapse

      Introduction to Part 4

      Max Adler
       A New Approach to Our Politics? (1928)
       Practical and Impractical Class Struggle (1928)
       On the Principle of Proletarian Politics (1928)
       How Do We Get to Socialism? (1932)

      Otto Bauer
       Class Struggle in Democracy (1928)
       The Prerequisites of Parliamentarianism (1928)
       Revolutionary Spadework (1928)
       Austria’s Economic and Social Situation (1928)
       A Reply to Max Adler (1929)
       A Letter to Karl Renner (1930)
       We Will Defend Our Threatened Freedom (1932)
       For Democracy (1933)
       Work for 200,000 (1933)
       Social Democracy and the Corporate Order (1933)
       Revolution and Counterrevolution in Austria (1934)
       Tactical Lessons of the Austrian Catastrophe (1934)

      Rudolf Hilferding
       Leaving the Government (1930)
       In the Danger Zone (1930)
       Social Control or Private Control over the Economy (1931)
       Under the Threat of Fascism (1932)
       Between Decisions (1933)
       Revolutionary Socialism (1934)

      Karl Renner
       Some Experiences of Practical Class Struggle (1928)
       A Different Austria. Into the Decisive Struggle! (1930)
       Will Democracy Prove Itself? (1932)

      Bibliography
      Index

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