First Socialist schism : Bakunin vs. Marx in the International Working Men's Association by Eckhardt, Wolfgang, 1968- author, Homsi, Robert M., translator instant download

First Socialist schism : Bakunin vs. Marx in the International Working Men's Association by Eckhardt, Wolfgang, 1968- author, Homsi, Robert M., translator instant download

1 online resource, The First Socialist Schism chronicles the conflicts in the International Working Men's Association (First International, 1864-1877), which represents an important milestone in the history of political ideas and socialist theory. The separate movements in the International--which would later develop into social democracy, communism, and anarchism--found their greatest advocates in Mikhail Bakunin and Karl Marx. What made the conflict between Bakunin and Marx so important was that it heralded the first socialist schism between parliamentary party politics aiming to conquer political power and social-revolutionary concepts. Instead of focusing exclusively on what Marx and Bakunin said, many other contributions to this debate are examined, making this the first reconstruction of a dispute that gripped the entire organization. This book also provides the first detailed account of the International's Congress of The Hague (September, 1872), famous for the expulsion of Bakunin; including the background, the sequence of events, and international reaction. The book sets new standards when it comes to source material, taking into account documents from numerous archives and libraries that have previously gone unnoticed or were completely unknown, Includes bibliographical references and index, Print version of record, Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1. Bakunin, Marx, and Johann Philipp Becker; The Alliance 'request' by Johann Philipp Becker (November 1868); The Alliance joins the International (February-July 1869); Becker's position paper on the question of organisation (July 1869); 2. The International in Geneva and in the Jura Region; The International in Jura (February-May 1869); 3. The Basel Congress of the International; Bakunin's manuscript 'To the Citizen Editors of the Réveil' (October 1869), Bakunin's first strategy: attack not Marx but his associates4. Marx's 'communications' concerning Bakunin; Bakunin's…