Austro-marxism: The Idealogy Of Unity Volume Ii

Mark E. Blum, Ph.D. (1970), University of Pennsylvania, is Professor of History at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky. He published books, monographs, and articles on European socialism, including The Austro-Marxists, 1890-1918: A Psychobiographical Study (University of Kentucky, 1985), and most recently, with William Smaldone, Austro-Marxism: The Ideology of Unity, Volume I Austro-Marxist Theory and Strategy (Brill, 2016). William Smaldone, Ph.D. (1989),SUNY at Binghamton, is Professor of History at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He has published monographs and articles on the history of European socialism, including, most recently, European Socialism: A Concise History with Documents (Rowman and Littlefield, 2013).

“Mark E. Blum and William Smaldone’s two-volume edition of original texts make Austromarxism accessible beyond expert circles [...] For years, if not decades, these volumes will be the reference source for anyone interested in Austromarxism.”—Ingo Schmidt, H-Net Reviews

• PrefaceIntroduction(1889–1914): Halcyon DaysIntroduction to Part 1Resolutions 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 BauerThe 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 HilferdingParliamentarianism and the Mass Strike (1904)With Collective Power (1912)Karl RennerWhat 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 RevolutionIntroduction to Part 2Friedrich AdlerUnity or Threefold Division in the International (1919)Letter to Leo Trotsky (1919)Max AdlerDemocracy and the Council System (1919)Otto BauerThe 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 HilferdingHistorical 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 RennerThe Crisis of Socialism (1916)What is Class Struggle? (1919)On the Threshold of the Transition from Democracy to Socialism (1919)(1921–7): Stabilisation and GrowthIntroduction to Part 3Friedrich AdlerImperfections in the Programme Design (1926)The Conflict over the Definition of Democracy (1926)Max AdlerDictatorship (1922)Political or Social Democracy (1926)Towards a Discussion of the New Party Programme (1926)Otto BauerThe 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 HilferdingThe 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 RennerPrinciple in Practice (1925)(1928–34): CollapseIntroduction to Part 4Max AdlerA 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 BauerClass 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 HilferdingLeaving 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 RennerSome Experiences of Practical Class Struggle (1928)A Different Austria. Into the Decisive Struggle! (1930)Will Democracy Prove Itself? (1932)BibliographyIndex