Overview

The German Left and the Weimar Republic illuminates the history of the political left by presenting a wide range of documents on various aspects of socialist and communist activity in Germany. Separate chapters deal with the policy of Social Democracy in and out of government, the attempts of the Communist Party to overthrow the Weimar Republic, and then later to support it. Later chapters move away from the political scene to deal with the attitudes of the parties to key social issues, in particular questions of gender and sexuality. The book concludes with a presentation of documents on various groups of socialist and communist dissidents. Many of the documents are made accessible for the first time, and each chapter begins with an original introduction indicating the current state of research.

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Author:   Ben Fowkes
Publisher:   Haymarket Books
Imprint:   Haymarket Books
Volume:   Volume 75
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.568kg
ISBN:  

9781608464869

ISBN 10:   1608464865
Pages:   406
Publication Date:   29 December 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations General Introduction Chapter 1 Social Democracy in Government: Measures of Reform in Theory and Practice Chapter 2 The Council Idea: Workers’ Councils and Factory Councils Chapter 3 Communism and Insurrection Chapter 4 In Defence of Democracy Chapter 5 The Weimar Left Between Opposition and Coalition: Varied Strategies Chapter 6 The Moscow Connection: The KPD and the Comintern Chapter 7 Socialism and Foreign Policy Chapter 8 The Search for Democracy in the Armed Forces Chapter 9 Questions of Gender and Sexual Politics Chapter 10 Long-term Political Objectives: Similarities and Differences Chapter 11 The Parties, their Supporters and the Proletarian Milieu Chapter 12 Parties and Groups of the Dissident Left Bibliography Index

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Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement s past in their own words. John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front

-Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers' movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence... For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement's past in their own words.- --John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front

Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers' movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence... For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement's past in their own words. --John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement s past in their own words. John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front

“Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers’ movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence… For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement’s past in their own words.” —John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front “Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers’ movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence… For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement’s past in their own words.” —John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front

Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers' movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence... For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement's past in their own words. --John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front Socialist historian Ben Fowkes has given us a unique and vivid text documentary of the German workers movement during the tumultuous years of its greatest influence For socialists, this unique resource breaks through veils of historical interpretation and ideology and permits us to hear the protagonists of our movement s past in their own words. John Riddell, editor Toward the United Front

Author Information

Ben Fowkes taught history at the universities of Sheffield and North London. He carried out archival research in Vienna, Bonn, Prague and Moscow, and wrote a number of books, including Communism in Germany under the Weimar Republic. He also did a number of translations, such as Karl Marx: The Economic Manuscript of 1863-1865 (Capital, Book Three) and Henryk Grossman: Selected Works (edited by Professor Rick Kuhn).

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