The Austrian Revolution

Name: The Austrian Revolution
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By Otto Bauer

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The Austrian Revolution by Otto Bauer provides an in-depth analysis of the revolutionary period in Austria following World War I. It examines the social, political, and economic transformations that reshaped the nation, focusing on the challenges and aspirations of the working class as they navigated the shift towards a more democratic society. The book highlights the complex interplay between various political factions and the efforts to establish a new national identity.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by the dynamics of political and social upheaval, offering insights into the transformative period of Austrian history following World War I. It delves into the complex interplay of socialism, nationalism, and democracy, capturing the essence of a pivotal time in Europe's evolving political landscape.

The definitive work on Eastern Europe's revolutionary period and the unique working-class experiment of Red Vienna

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The definitive work on Eastern Europe's revolutionary period and the unique working-class experiment of Red Vienna.

This is the story of the decline and fall of an empire, a region devastated by war, and a world stage fundamentally transformed by the Russian Revolution. Bauer's magisterial work—available in English for the first time in full—charts the evolution of three simultaneous, overlapping revolutionary waves: a national revolution for self-determination, which brought down imperial Austro-Hungary; a bourgeois revolution for parliamentary republics and universal suffrage; and a social revolution for workers' control, factory councils, and industrial democracy.

The brief but crowning achievement of Red Vienna, alongside Bauer's unique theorisation of an "integral socialism"—an attempted synthesis of revolutionary communism and social democracy—is a vital part of the left's intellectual and historical heritage.

Today, as movements once again struggle with questions of reform or revolution, political strategy, and state power, this is a crucial resource. Bauer tells the story of the Austrian Revolution with all the immediacy of a central participant, and all the insight of a brilliant and original theorist.

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The Austrian Revolution by Otto Bauer is praised as a significant addition to English-language literature on Austrian history, providing a rich analysis of the country's early republic years through a Marxist lens. The book is hailed for revealing the intricacies of the Austro-Marxist tradition and is likened to major works of Marxist political analysis. The new translation is noted for offering fresh insights into the workers’ council movement and the aftermath of the revolution in Central Europe.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642591620

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 August 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: No

Contributors:

Edited by Eric Canepa
Edited by Walter Baier
Translated by Eric Canepa

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 400

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European History History & Archaeology History & Military Non-Fiction Otto Bauer

About the Author

Otto Bauer (5 September 1881 4-July 1938) was the leading figure of the Austrian Social Democratic Workers Party. An early inspiration for the New Left and Eurocommunist movements in later decades, his theories of imperialism and the national question, as well as his practical work building a mass organization, made him a key figure in the Second International and then in attempts at re-integrating the social democratic and communist wings of the labor movement.

Walter Baier, an economist in Vienna, was National Chairman of the Communist Party of Austria (KP) from 1994 to 2006. He was an editor of the Austrian weekly Volksstimme and from 2007 has been Coordinator of the network transform!Europe, a network of 36 think tanks and educational organizations from 22 European countries, which is recognized as the associated political foundation of the Party of the European Left (EL).