The Dilemma of Democratic Socialism : Eduard Bernstein'S Challenge to Marx

Presents a study on Socialism from its origins, its meaning, and the impact of German Revisionist Socialism. Looks at the dilemma of how Democratic Socialists deal with the issue of power. Preface Acknowledgments Contents BOOK ONE / THE MAN Chapter 1. Education of a Socialist: Berlin Chapter 2. The Education Continued: Zurich Chapter 3. The Education Rounded Out: London BOOK TWO / THE THEORY Chapter 4. The Pedigree Chapter 5. If There Had Been No Bernstein . . . Chapter 6. The Philosophy of Revisionism Chapter Chapter 7. The Economics of Revisionism Chapter 8. The Politics of Revisionism BOOK THREE / THE IMPACT Chapter 9. Champions and Critics Chapter 10. The War Chapter 11. Noske’s Republic Chapter 12. Who Shall Revise the Revisionists? Postscript, 1961 Bibliography Index Eduard Bernstein, the outstanding reformist theoretician of German Social Democracy in the twentieth century, was born in Berlin on January 6, 1850, at a desperate time for the German working class. The rise and fall of the Revisionist wing of the German Social Democrats, formulated and led by Eduard Bernstein.