Van Kautsky tot Gramsci
Die Marxistiese Debat in Die Weste Oor Politieke Strategie
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6213883 |
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| Authors | Willie Esterhuyse (Stellenbosch University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 39-53 |
| Publication date | 1989-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politikon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0258-9346 • E-ISSN: 1470-1014 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02589348908704915 |
| OpenAlex | W2036807702 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article deals with the debate among Marxist theorists in Europe on political theory and political strategy, a debate which erupted after the October revolution in Russia. The main focus of the article is on the question: How, from a Marxist point of view, should or could capitalism be transformed into socialism? Three distinct positions in the debate on this question are discussed: the orthodox position on revolution (Kautsky; Luxemburg); the reformist‐revisionist position (Bernstein); the strategic position of hegemonic activity (Gramsci). The orthodox and revisionist positions represent a fundamental split in Marxist‐socialist revolutionary and strategic theory. It is argued that in the case of Gramsci, who is currently gaining in influence, a more sophisticated combination of political theory and political strategy emerged, transcending the narrow confines of orthodox and revisionist theory
Capitalism · Communism · Economics · Hegemony · Marxist philosophy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Social science · Socialism · Sociology · Law · Marxism and Critical Theory · Political Economy and Marxism · Political theory and Gramsci
| Highly cited | No |
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