Dissident Marxism and Utopian Eco-Socialism in the German Democratic Republic : The Intellectual Legacies of Rudolf Bahro, Wolfgang Harich, and Robert Havemann /
Amberger, Alexander,
Dissident Marxism and Utopian Eco-Socialism in the German Democratic Republic : The Intellectual Legacies of Rudolf Bahro, Wolfgang Harich, and Robert Havemann / The Intellectual Legacies of Rudolf Bahro, Wolfgang Harich, and Robert Havemann Alexander Amberger ; Translated by Carla Welch. - 1 online resource (426 pages) : illustrations. - Historical Materialism Book Series ; 306 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024 . - Historical Materialism Book Series ; 306. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rudolf Bahro, Wolfgang Harich and Robert Havemann were probably the best-known critics of the DDR’s ruling Socialist Unity Party. Yet they saw themselves as Marxists, and their demands extended far beyond a democratisation of real socialism. When environmental issues became more important in the West in the 1970s, the Party treated it as an ideological manoeuvre of the class enemy. The three dissidents saw things differently: they combined socialism and ecology, adopting a utopian perspective frowned upon by the state. In doing so, they created political concepts that were unique for the Eastern Bloc. Alexander Amberger introduces them, relates them to each other, and poses the question of their relevance then and now.
English
9789004687868
110.1163/9789004687868 DOI
Communism--History--20th century.
HX40
335.4
Dissident Marxism and Utopian Eco-Socialism in the German Democratic Republic : The Intellectual Legacies of Rudolf Bahro, Wolfgang Harich, and Robert Havemann / The Intellectual Legacies of Rudolf Bahro, Wolfgang Harich, and Robert Havemann Alexander Amberger ; Translated by Carla Welch. - 1 online resource (426 pages) : illustrations. - Historical Materialism Book Series ; 306 Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024 . - Historical Materialism Book Series ; 306. Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2024. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rudolf Bahro, Wolfgang Harich and Robert Havemann were probably the best-known critics of the DDR’s ruling Socialist Unity Party. Yet they saw themselves as Marxists, and their demands extended far beyond a democratisation of real socialism. When environmental issues became more important in the West in the 1970s, the Party treated it as an ideological manoeuvre of the class enemy. The three dissidents saw things differently: they combined socialism and ecology, adopting a utopian perspective frowned upon by the state. In doing so, they created political concepts that were unique for the Eastern Bloc. Alexander Amberger introduces them, relates them to each other, and poses the question of their relevance then and now.
English
9789004687868
110.1163/9789004687868 DOI
Communism--History--20th century.
HX40
335.4