{"product_id":"karl-kautsky-on-democracy-and-republicanism-9781642593372","title":"Karl Kautsky on Democracy and Republicanism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eKarl Kautsky (1854–1938) was the leading theoretician of the German Social Democratic Party and one of the most prominent public intellectuals of his time. However, during the twentieth century a constellation of historical factors ensured that his ideas were either gradually consigned to near oblivion or downright reviled. Not only has his political thought been dismissed in non-Marxist historical and political discourse, but his ideas are equally discredited in Marxist circles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to rekindle interest in Kautsky's ideas by exploring his democratic-republican understanding of state and society. These essential works from different points in his career demonstrates how Kautsky's republican thought was positively influenced by Marx and Engels—especially in relation to the lessons they drew from the experience of the Paris Commune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Karl Kautsky's Democratic Republicanism\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Karl Kautsky, Parliamentarism and Democracy (1893)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition\u003cbr\u003ePreface to the Second Edition\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1 Direct Legislation in Prehistory\u003cbr\u003e2 Direct Legislation in Civilisation\u003cbr\u003e3 Urban Democracy in Antiquity\u003cbr\u003e4 The Representative System\u003cbr\u003e5 Monarchical and Parliamentary Absolutism\u003cbr\u003e6 Modern Democracy\u003cbr\u003e7 Rittinghausen's Proposal\u003cbr\u003e8 Drafting Laws\u003cbr\u003e9 Implementing Laws\u003cbr\u003e10 Jurisprudence and the Press\u003cbr\u003e11 Parliamentarism and the Parties in England\u003cbr\u003e12 Parliamentarism and the Working Classes\u003cbr\u003e13 Direct Legislation by the People and the Class Struggle\u003cbr\u003ePart 2 Karl Kautsky, The Republic and Social Democracy in France (1905)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Clarifying the Dispute\u003cbr\u003e2 The American Republic\u003cbr\u003e3 The First Republic\u003cbr\u003e4 The Second Republic and the Socialists\u003cbr\u003e5 The Second Empire and the Paris Commune\u003cbr\u003e6 The Constitution of the Third Republic\u003cbr\u003e7 The Bourgeois Republicans at Work\u003cbr\u003e8 Socialism in the Third Republic\u003cbr\u003ePart 3 Karl Kautsky, The Development of a Marxist (1924)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Synoptic Overview of the Drafts of the Erfurt Programme (1891) Bibliography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haymarket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359875531095,"sku":"9781642593372","price":25.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781642593372.jpg?v=1754125978","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/karl-kautsky-on-democracy-and-republicanism-9781642593372","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}