《社会主义的前提条件》囊括了所有著名的经典原著，但与此同时，它又扩展了传统的评价尺度，以便能够纳入范围广泛、不那么出名的作品。每一本书都有一个评论性的导言，加上历史年表、生平梗概、进一步阅读指南，以及必要的词汇表和原文注解。

This is the first complete new translation of Bemstein's most famous and influential work. k will provide students with an accurate and unabridged edition of what has come to be recognised as the classic defence of democratic socialism and the first significant critique of revolutionary Marxism from within the socialist movement. First published in 1899, at the height of the Revisionist Debate, it argued that capitalism was not heading for the major cnsis predicted by Marx, that the revolutionary rhetoric of the German Social Democratic Party was out of date, and that socialism could, and should, be achieved by piecemeal reform within a democratic constitutional framework. The historical significance of Bernstein's work lies in its being the focal point of one of the most important political debates of modem times. Its contemporary relevance lies in the light it casts on the crisis of Communism'. The introduction sites Bernstein's work in its historical and intellectual context, and this edition also provides students with all the necessary reference material for understanding this important text.

Editor's note
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Principal events in Bernstein’s life
Bibliographical note
Biographical notes
Foreworcd
1 The basic tenets of Marxist socialism
(a) The scientific elements of Marxism
(b) The materialist conception of history and historical necessity
(c) The Marxist doctrine of class conflict and the development of capital
2 Marxism and the Hegelian dialectic
(a) The pitfalls of the Hegelian dialectical method
(b) Marxism and Blanquism
3 The economic development of modern society
(a) Remarks on the meaning of Marx’s theory of value
(b) The distribution of income in modern society
(c) Orises and the ability of the modern economy to adapt
4 The tasks and opportunities of Social Democracy
(a) The political and economic prerequisitew of socialism
(b)THe effectiveness of economic cooperatives
(c) Democracy and socialism
(d) The most immediate tasks of Social Democracy
Comclusion
Index
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