Description: Following the generation of Marx and Engels, Karl Kautsky was the leading theorist, interpreter, and popularizer of Marxism
Brief description:
John H. Kautsky is professor emeritus of political science at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Karl Kautsky, The Politics of Aristocratic Empires, and Social Democracy and the Aristocracy. In addition his work has appeared in The Journal of Politics, Midwest Journal of Political Science, and Communist and Post-Communist Studies.
Review Quotes:
"In this book the grandson of the famous German socialist reignites the turn-of-the-century polemic between Karl Kautsky and Lenin... The author ably shows that Lenin at various times not only misunderstood Kautsky but frequently willfully misapporpriated his ideas. The work is important for all students of socialism. Recommended for all major public, college, and university libraries. Contains a chronology of Karl Kautsky's life."
--A. Ezergailis, Choice