Publication

1998 - Northern Illinois University Press, DeKalb, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

67,750 words, Guess

Page Count

271 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL703892M
  • ISBN-100875802362
  • OCLC Control Number38162896
  • Library of Congress Control Number97053284
  • LibraryThing9569765
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  • Goodreads3323501

Classifications

  • DDC943.085/092
  • LCCHX274.7.H55 A3 1998

Description

Until his death in a Gestapo prison cell, Rudolf Hilferding was one of Europe's most prominent socialist theorists and politicians. A leading economic thinker in the European socialist movement and an important politician in the German Social Democratic Party, he served as Weimar finance minister at the height of the inflation of 1923 and again at the onset of the depression in 1928. At a time when Germany faced one economic and political crisis after another, he led Social Democracy's efforts to strengthen the republic and to achieve its socialist objectives. This biography illustrates how Hilferding's personal and intellectual journey reflected the failures of social democracy in its confrontation with nazism and communism. This study will be of interest to scholars and students of modern German and European history, the history of socialism, political theory, and economic thought.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Rudolf Hilferding: the tragedy of a German Social DemocratNorthern Illinois University Press1998-01-01

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