Political Biography of Arkadij Maslow, 1891-1941

Dissident Against His Will

AvMario Kessler

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice

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This book is a political biography of Arkadij Maksimovich Maslow (1891-1941), a German Communist politician and later a dissident and opponent to Stalin. Together with his political and common-law marriage partner, Ruth Fischer, Maslow briefly led the Communist Party of Germany, the KPD, and brought about its submission to Moscow.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-05-01
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:473 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice
Antal sidor:258
Upplaga:20001
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030432560

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Mario Kessler is Professor and Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Center for Contemporary History at Potsdam, Germany. He teaches at the University of Potsdam and has frequently been a Visiting Professor at Yeshiva University in New York and other American universities. He has written more than twenty-five books in German and English on the history of modern anti-Semitism, socialism, and the history of historiography. He also edited and co-edited many books on these and other subjects.

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“This is a well written and meticulously researched study about two tragic figures of the KPD.” (Udo Grashoff, Slavonic and East European Review SEER, Vol. 99 (3), July, 2021)

Innehållsförteckning

1. A Young Revolution Between Russian and Germany.- 2. The Decisive Moment: The German November Revolution.- 3. On the Ultra-Left in the Early KPD.- 4. The March Action and its Aftermath.- 5. Controversies Over Workers' Government.- 6. 1923 (I): The Ruhr Crisis.- 7. 1913 (II): A Missed Revolution?.- 8. Maslow and Fischer: Towards the Party Leadership.- 9. Politics from Prison: The Bolshevization of the KPD.- 10. Disagreements: The Divided Left.- 11. Disempowerment and Fall.- 12. The Leninbund: A New Beginning?.- 13. Flight and Exile: Pairs-Marseille-Lisbon-Havana.- 14. Maslow's Death.- 15. Avenging Maslow? Ruth Fischer's Crusade and Final Change of Mind.