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OverviewThe German council movements arose through mass strikes and soldier mutinies towards the end of the First World War. They brought down the German monarchy, founded several short-lived council republics, and dramatically transformed European politics. Building Power to Change the World reconstructs how participants in the German council movements struggled for a democratic socialist society. It examines their attempts to democratize politics, the economy, and society through building powerful worker-led organisations and cultivating workers' political agency. Drawing from the practices of the council movements and the writings of theorists such as Rosa Luxemburg, Anton Pannekoek and Karl Kautsky, Building Power to Change the World returns to their radical vision of a self-determining society and their political program of democratization and socialization. It presents a powerful argument for renewed attention to the political theories of this historical period and for their ongoing relevance for democratic politics today. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Muldoon (Lecturer in Political Science, Lecturer in Political Science, University of Exeter, UK)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 24.00cm Weight: 0.440kg ISBN: 9780198856627ISBN 10: 0198856628 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 25 November 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Between Social Democracy and Council Dictatorship: The Council Movements in Historical Perspective 2: Freedom as Collective Self-Determination 3: Building Workers' Power 4: Socialist Republicanism 5: Socialist Civic Virtues Conclusion: After the CouncilsReviewsAuthor InformationJames Muldoon is a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Exeter. He is the editor of Council Democracy: Towards a Democratic Socialist Politics (Routledge, 2018), The German Revolution and Political Theory (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and Trumping the Mainstream: The Conquest of Mainstream Democratic Politics by Far-Right Populism (Routledge, 2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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