£47.00

Yale University Press Marxism and Revolution. Karl Kautsky and the Russian Marxists 1900-1924

Price data last checked 60 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

Price History & Forecast

Last 31 days • 31 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£47.00 £44.65 £45.59 £46.53 £47.47 £48.41 £49.35 25 January 2026 01 February 2026 09 February 2026 16 February 2026 24 February 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 31 days • 1 price levels

Days at Price
31 days 0 8 16 23 31 £47 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £47 (31 days, 100.0%)

Price range: £47 - £47

Price levels: 1 different prices over 31 days

Description

This book offers a new interpretation of the origins of Russian Marxism, placing it firmly within the folds of the western European socialist movement. Moira Donald argues that the chief theoretician of German Marxism, Karl Kautsky, was a primary influence on Lenin and the Russian Social Democratic Party, and that only the revolution of 1917 severed the Bolsheviks from mainstream orthodox Marxism. Donald contends that Lenin's thought was neither original nor especially significant in the development of Marxism, but that his ability lay in adapting his ideas to fit his revolutionary strategy. She places Lenin's writings in their historical context, showing that they were written as individual pieces, each with a specific aim and often directed within the Party. Lenin was a tactician rather than a thinker, says Donald, and even those areas of his thought that seem most original - the party, the role of the intelligentsia, and imperialism - reveal his significant debt to Kautsky. According to Donald, Lenin was not the only Russian Marxist to borrow ideas from Kautsky: Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution, which was to prove crucial when it was taken up by the Bolsheviks in 1917, was also influenced by Kautsky's thought. Kautsky's relationship with the Russian Social Democratic Party has been widely underestimated because of the later split between them. Using a wide range of published and unpublished sources, Donald reveals how important Kautsky's role was in formulating the ideology of the Bolsheviks - the only effective revolutionary party in the socialist movement. Moira Donald was lecturer in history in the Department of History and Archaeology at Exeter University.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
02 August 1993
Listed Since
07 February 2007

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Marx and Russia: The Fate of a Doctrine (The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series)
93% match

Marx and Russia: The Fate of a Doctrine (The Bloomsbury History of Modern Russia Series)

Bloomsbury

£91.48 21 Feb 2026
Karl Kautsky: Marxism, Revolution and Democracy
93% match

Karl Kautsky: Marxism, Revolution and Democracy

Routledge

£71.99 25 Feb 2026
Marxism and Leninism: An Essay in the Sociology of Knowledge
93% match

Marxism and Leninism: An Essay in the Sociology of Knowledge

Routledge

£145.00 01 Mar 2026
The Russian Revolution: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History)
92% match

The Russian Revolution: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History)

Wiley

£59.64 08 Mar 2026
The Russian Revolution as Ideal and Practice: Failures, Legacies, and the Future of Revolution (Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice)
91% match

The Russian Revolution as Ideal and Practice: Failures, Legacies, and the Future of Revolution (Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice)

MACMILLAN

£58.75 24 Feb 2026
Rosa Luxemburg: A Revolutionary Marxist at the Limits of Marxism (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)
91% match

Rosa Luxemburg: A Revolutionary Marxist at the Limits of Marxism (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

MACMILLAN

£91.48 23 Feb 2026
Rediscovering Lenin: Dialectics of Revolution and Metaphysics of Domination (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)
91% match

Rediscovering Lenin: Dialectics of Revolution and Metaphysics of Domination (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

MACMILLAN

£56.50 25 Feb 2026
Bolshevism at a Deadlock (Routledge Revivals)
91% match

Bolshevism at a Deadlock (Routledge Revivals)

Routledge

£44.99 07 Mar 2026
Routledge Bolshevism at a Deadlock - Karl Kautsky Book
91% match

Routledge Bolshevism at a Deadlock - Karl Kautsky Book

Routledge

£125.00 01 Mar 2026
Karl Marx’s Life, Ideas, and Influences: A Critical Examination on the Bicentenary (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)
91% match

Karl Marx’s Life, Ideas, and Influences: A Critical Examination on the Bicentenary (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

MACMILLAN

£84.84 12 Jan 2026
Hundred Years of the Russian Revolution: Its Legacies in Perspective
91% match

Hundred Years of the Russian Revolution: Its Legacies in Perspective

MACMILLAN

£84.59 22 Feb 2026
The New Reformism and the Revival of Karl Kautsky: The Renegade’s Revenge (Marx and Marxisms)
91% match

The New Reformism and the Revival of Karl Kautsky: The Renegade’s Revenge (Marx and Marxisms)

Routledge

£117.11 13 Feb 2026
The Bolsheviks and the Chinese Revolution 1919-1927 (Chinese Worlds)
91% match

The Bolsheviks and the Chinese Revolution 1919-1927 (Chinese Worlds)

Routledge

£140.35 01 Mar 2026
Routledge - The Life and Death of Trade Unionism in the USSR
91% match

Routledge - The Life and Death of Trade Unionism in the USSR

Routledge

£127.67 15 Apr 2026
Routledge Understanding Marxism - Modern Thought Series
91% match

Routledge Understanding Marxism - Modern Thought Series

Routledge

£136.45 19 Apr 2026
Marxism (RLE Marxism): An Historical and Critical Study: 12 (Routledge Library Editions: Marxism)
91% match

Marxism (RLE Marxism): An Historical and Critical Study: 12 (Routledge Library Editions: Marxism)

Routledge

£145.00 28 Feb 2026
Karl Marx (The International Library of Essays in Classical Sociology)
91% match

Karl Marx (The International Library of Essays in Classical Sociology)

Routledge

£341.03 12 Jan 2026
The Russian Revolution as Ideal and Practice: Failures, Legacies, and the Future of Revolution (Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice)
91% match

The Russian Revolution as Ideal and Practice: Failures, Legacies, and the Future of Revolution (Critical Political Theory and Radical Practice)

MACMILLAN

£67.88 28 Feb 2026
Marx's Russian Moment (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)
91% match

Marx's Russian Moment (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

MACMILLAN

£100.14 09 Mar 2026
Bogdanov and His Work: A Guide to the Published and Unpublished Works of Alexander A Bogdanov (Malinovsky) 1873-1928
91% match

Bogdanov and His Work: A Guide to the Published and Unpublished Works of Alexander A Bogdanov (Malinovsky) 1873-1928

Routledge

£128.97 26 Jan 2026
Marx on Emancipation and Socialist Goals: Retrieving Marx for the Future (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)
91% match

Marx on Emancipation and Socialist Goals: Retrieving Marx for the Future (Marx, Engels, and Marxisms)

MACMILLAN

£56.39 08 Mar 2026
Karl Marx (Routledge Critical Thinkers)
91% match

Karl Marx (Routledge Critical Thinkers)

Routledge

£102.42 26 Feb 2026
Marx and Engels' 'Communist Manifesto': A Reader's Guide
91% match

Marx and Engels' 'Communist Manifesto': A Reader's Guide

Bloomsbury

£60.00 07 Mar 2026
Marx and Modernity: Key Readings and Commentary: 1 (Modernity and Society)
91% match

Marx and Modernity: Key Readings and Commentary: 1 (Modernity and Society)

Wiley-Blackwell

£94.99 09 Mar 2026