Ideologies / Social Democrat / Eduard Bernstein
§ The minds · 1850–1932 · Germany · Theorist & politician
Eduard Bernstein
Revisionism's founder
Argued socialism would arrive by reform, not revolution.
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The theorist who broke with Marxist orthodoxy to argue for evolutionary, democratic socialism.
social
A reform-minded moderniser, restrained in cultural matters.
economic
Favoured gradual socialisation through democratic means.
governance
Insisted democracy was both the means and the end.
Notable for
- 'Evolutionary Socialism' (1899)
- Founded social-democratic revisionism
- Reichstag deputy
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