Marx und Engels als Denker

Austromarxism - the Austrian school of Marxism in the first half of the 19th century - is inextricably linked to the names of Otto Bauer, Max Adler, and Rudolf Hilferding. Otto Bauer officially propagated Austromarxism from 1918 to 1934. During this time, he served as the deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Workers' Party (SDAP). His succinct call: "Don't smash the heads, win the heads!" reflects the strategy of the Austromarxists. The Workers' Party should come to power through the force of persuasion and democratic means. Only when a new socialist consciousness has been created will the time for social revolution come. As a social theory, Austromarxism seeks to find a third way between orthodox Marxism and the radical left on one side and revisionism on the other. In the following volume, Max Adler aims to defend Marxism against its revisionist dilution on one hand and against its philosophical critics with scientific arguments on the other.