Paul Levi in Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12673243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Birchall (1 London [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 143-170 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Materialism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1465-4466 • E-ISSN: 1569-206X |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1569206x-12341419 |
| OpenAlex | W1651824110 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Paul Levi was leader of the German Communist Party in the vital years 1919 and 1920; he was subsequently expelled for his opposition to the adventurist March Action in 1921. Three recent books cast new light on this complex figure: David Fernbach’s selection of his writings, Frédéric Cyr’s biography and Paul Frölich’s memoirs. Levi was a man of great talent and courage, but his leadership style was defective; he was neither Leninist nor Luxemburgist, and his greatest weakness was his inability to relate to ultra-leftism. His limitations are revealed by a comparison with his comrade Clara Zetkin
Action (physics · Art · Art history · Biography · Communism · Courage · German · Linguistics · Literature · Memoir · Opposition (politics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Style (visual arts · Theology · Visual arts · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |