The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Karl Kautsky)
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The Dictatorship of the Proletariat is Karl Kautsky’s influential Marxist treatise critiquing Bolshevik revolutionary methods and arguing for a democratic, parliamentary road to socialism.
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| The Dictatorship of the Proletariat | 1 |
| The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Karl Kautsky) canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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political treatise ⓘ |
| advocates |
democratic road to socialism
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parliamentary road to socialism ⓘ political democracy ⓘ |
| author | Karl Kautsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Bolshevik revolutionary methods
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Leninist conception of dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ |
| format | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist theory
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti‑authoritarian Marxism
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constitutionalism in socialist transition ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
World War I era
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aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ |
| influenced |
debates on democracy and socialism in the 20th century
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social democratic critiques of Bolshevism ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
dictatorship as rule based on democracy
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distinction between democracy and dictatorship ⓘ mass suffrage ⓘ role of parliament in socialist transition ⓘ workers’ political rights ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Bolshevism
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Marxism ⓘ Russian Revolution ⓘ dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ socialism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defense of parliamentary democracy within Marxism
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influence on later democratic socialist thought ⓘ systematic critique of Bolshevik dictatorship ⓘ |
| opposes |
one‑party dictatorship
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suppression of political pluralism ⓘ |
| politicalOrientation |
orthodox Marxism
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social democracy ⓘ |
| positionInDebate | Second International Marxism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| responseTo |
Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917
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Lenin’s theory of the state ⓘ |
| theoreticalBasis |
Friedrich Engels’ writings
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Karl Marx’s writings ⓘ |
| workInSeries | Kautsky’s polemics against Bolshevism ⓘ |
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