Liberating Society from the State and Other Writings by Erich Muhsam

Author:Erich Muhsam
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: PM Press
Published: 2011-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

1. Auguste Comte (1798–1857); Thomas Müntzer (1488–1525), peasant rebel leader

2. Literally, “time of the genius;” refers to German arts and literature of the late eighteenth century.

3. Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), Jean Paul (1763–1824; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter), German writers.

4. Ludwig Börne (1786–1837), Heinrich Laube (1806–1884), German writers.

5. Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859) was a famous Austrian diplomat and a pioneer of modern-day realpolitik.

6. Mühsam is probably referring to the article “Wetterleuchten” [Sheet Lightning] in Fanal, October 1926, in which he speaks of “the agony of the capitalist system.”

7. The KAPD was founded in 1920 by former members of the KPD who had been expelled at the 1919 party convention. Strongly leaning toward council communism, the KAPD existed throughout the 1920s. Max Hoelz (see “Max Hoelz” in this book) was one of its most prominent members.

8. Referring to the social democrats’ actions during the German Revolution of 1918–1919, and to the centralization of the KPD after a failed independent rebellion by KPD members in Hamburg in October 1923.

9. Published in English as For Socialism by Telos Press in 1978, trans. Michael J. Parent.

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