One of the leaders and theoreticians of the german social democratic movement and the second. Apr 19, 2019 foundations of christianity is a book by marxist theoretician karl kautsky. Jan 15, 2018 following the war, kautsky was an outspoken critic of the bolshevik revolution, engaging in polemics with vladimir lenin and leon trotsky on the nature of the soviet state. Kautsky, karl 18541938, marxist theoretician karl kautsky was the most important marxist theoretician from the death of engels in 1895 to the outbreak of world war i in 1914. After the death of friedrich engels in 1895, kautsky inherited the role of the intellectual and political conscience of german marxism.
Karl kautsky, born october 16, 1854, prague, bohemia now czech republicdied october 17, 1938, amsterdam, netherlands, marxist theorist and a leader of the german social democratic party. Not the best read on the subject quite honestly, unless youre really into this, its actually very boringbut it is a fairly accurate condemnation of the practices of the christian founeations over its h kautsky s book on the effects of christianity on the masses, while dryly pedantic in only the fashion. In 1874, while he was a student at the university of vienna, kautsky joined the socialist. Karl kautsky is probably the first marxist to interest himself both in the movement and the enigmatic personality of the crucified prophet. A conquering faith doctrinal foundations for christian. Dec 18, 2015 in the foundations of christianity karl kautsky discards the myths and proceeds to analyze the social and economic conditions in palestine in the first century of our era.
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