A profile of the socialist movement in the western half of the Habsburg Monarchy in the second half of the nineteenth century
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: History, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Black, John William
issued: 2010-01-29T22:16:53Z
issued: 1975
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: The purpose of this thesis is to examine several important aspects of social democracy in the Cisleithanian half of the Habsburg Monarchy in the years between 1867 and 1901. By exploring the environment in which the socialist movement developed, the socialist ideology, the development of the party and its organization, and the socialist leadership, it presents a profile of the Cisleithanian socialist movement. In spite of the fact that the socialist movement in Cisleithania was one of the largest in Europe by 1901, historians have tended to ignore both its development and its peculiarities. The Cisleithanian socialist movement, and particularly its German-speaking component, has been seen as merely a junior partner of the Reich-German socialist movement. To a certain extent this was true, for Cisleithanian socialists did import their ideology and their original conceptions of party and trade union organization from Germany. Yet the models imported from Germany all had to be adapted to the multi-national character of the socialist movement in Cisleithania. Marxism was adopted, but Cisleithanian socialists were forced to take a position on the complex nationality question in Cisleithania, a question for which there was no acceptable Marxist "answer." The German idea of a centralized party organization was also taken over, but it had to be abandoned in face of demands for autonomy on the part of Czech socialists. An entirely new and unique form of party organization was evolved. In the trade union movement, the concept of centralism was also adopted, and once more proved unsuitable in a multinational environment, in spite of convincing arguments in its favour. In these respects, and others, Cisleithanian socialists made an important contribution to the development of the European socialist movement, a contribution which deserves more attention from historians than it has received. The major problem the Cisleithanian social movement faced was the nationality question. T…
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note: A PROFILE OF THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE HABSBURG MONARCHY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY BY JOHN WILLIAM BLACK B.A., York U n i v e r s i t y , 1968 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS i n the Department of HISTORY We accept t h i s t h e s i s as conforming to the requ i r e d sta>ldarcl THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA October, 19 75 In presenting t h i s t h e s i s in p a r t i a l f u l f i l m e n t of the requirements f o r an advanced degree at the U n i v e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Columbia, I agree that the L i b r a r y s h a l l make i t f r e e l y a v a i l a b l e f or reference and study. I f u r t h e r agree that permission for extensive copying of t h i s t h e s i s f o r s c h o l a r l y purposes may be granted by the Head of my Department or by h i s re p r e s e n t a t i v e s . It i s understood that copying or p u b l i c a t i o n of t h i s t h e s i s f o r f i n a n c i a l gain s h a l l not be allowed without my w r i t t e n permission. Department of The U n i v e r s i t y of B r i t i s h Columbia 2075 Wesbrook P l a c e Vancouver, Canada V6T 1W5 Date A B S T R A C T The purpose of t h i s t h e s i s i s to examine s e v e r a l important aspects of s o c i a l democracy i n the C i s l e i t h a n i a n h a l f of the Habsburg Monarchy i n the years between 1867 and 1901. By e x p l o r i n g the environ-ment i n which the s o c i a l i s t movement developed, the s o c i a l i s t ideology, the development of the party and i t s o r g a n i z a t i o n , and the s o c i a l i s t l e a d e r s h i p , i t presents a p r o f i l e of the C i s l e i t h a n i a n s o c i a l i s t move-ment . In s p i t e of the f a c t that the s o c i a l i s t movement i n C i s l e i t h a n i a was one of the l a r g e s t i n Europe by 1901, h i s t o r i a n s have tended to ignore both i t s development and i t s p e c u l i a r i t i e s .…
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0093430
language: eng
degree discipline: History
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/19409