'Nicht blinde Verherrlichung der bisherigen Methoden der Revolution, sondern ihre strengste Kritik ist notwendig, ist am dringendsten notwendig gerade jetzt, wo die Revolution und die sozialistischen Parteien in ihr eine schwere Krisis durchmachen, in der verschiedene Methoden miteinander um Geltung ringen.' Diese kritische Haltung weist Karl Kautsky (1854-1938), sozialdemokratischer Politiker und Journalist, gleichermassen als Beteiligten und als im besten Sinne parteiischen Zeitzeugen aus, und macht ihn zum geeigneten Vermittler dieser Epoche. Am Vorabend der Novemberrevolution begonnen und...
'Nicht blinde Verherrlichung der bisherigen Methoden der Revolution, sondern ihre strengste Kritik ist notwendig, ist am dringendsten notwendig gerade...
First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begins by considering the personality of Jesus as portrayed within Pagan and Christian sources and highlighting the Church's difficulty in presenting a unified and concurrent image of Jesus and interpretation of His words. Next, Kautsky analyses the structure of Roman society, with particular emphasis on the slave-holding system, the Roman State and the historiography of the period. In the third section, an early history of the Jewish people is...
First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begin...
First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book begins by considering the personality of Jesus as portrayed within Pagan and Christian sources and highlighting the Church s difficulty in presenting a unified and concurrent image of Jesus and interpretation of His words. Next, Kautsky analyses the structure of Roman society, with particular emphasis on the slave-holding system, the Roman State and the historiography of the period. In the third section, an early history of the Jewish people is...
First published in 1925, Karl Kautsky presents a Marxist history of Christianity and Christian society. Divided into four key sections, the book be...
