Germany's Postwar Socialism

Nationalism and Kurt Schumacher (1945–52)

Bibliographic Data

ID6399017
AuthorsStanley Vardy, V Stanley Vardys (corresponding author)
Year1965
Volume27
Issue2
Pages220-244
Publication date1965-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Review of Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0034670500006938
OpenAlexW2036847788
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

Although the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) did not officially abandon Marxism until the Bad GodesbergParteitagin 1959, both intellectually and politically the party's ideology was revised under the leadership of Kurt Schumacher whose “passion, intellect, and will” dominated the SPD for seven years following World War II (1945–52). The final disintegration of German Marxism under Kurt Schumacher can be demonstrated by examining the three crucial elements of Marxist socialist ideology: (1) motivation for socialism, (2) theory of the socialist movement, and (3) relations between German nationalism and socialism

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