Socialism in one country’ before Stalin

German origins

Bibliographic Data

ID6293032
AuthorsErik Van Ree (0000-0002-9419-1594, University of Amsterdam, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume15
Issue2
Pages143-159
Publication date2010-06-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13569310903570405
OpenAlexW2108673471
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited19

This article discusses the prehistory of the Stalinist concept of ‘socialism in one country’ in the German social democratic movement, from 1875 through to the first decade of the twentieth century. The internationalist Marxist discourse on the geography of socialism did not remain unchallenged in the party. German social-democrats hoped for their country to become the first to introduce the supposedly very efficient socialist mode of production. Anticipating other capitalist powers would have been a way to compensate for Germany’s disadvantages. In the early versions of ‘socialism in one country’, expounded most prominently by Ferdinand Lassalle and Georg Vollmar, the socialist mode of production might allow Germany to dominate the world market. In later ones, represented by Karlis Balodis, Richard Calwer and others, the acquisition of a colonial empire, or fusion with continental neighbours, would create the conditions for a socialist Germany to occupy her rightful Platz an der Sonne

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