Abstract
This paper uses the life and thought of two important figures in the history of Austrian socialism—Victor Adler and Otto Bauer—as a prism through which to examine the complex relationship between German nationalism, the Jewish Question and pro-Habsburgism among the early leadership of the Austrian Social Democratic Party.
Highlights
The predominance of intellectuals of Jewish origin in the leadership of Austrian Socialism is old news to historians, but only recently have they begun perusing the meaning of Jewishness for intellectuals who wanted above all to leave Judaism behind and be recognized as German
Socialists presents historians with a further challenge: How are Jewishness, German nationalism and internationalism to be reconciled? This article tackles the question through the biographies and writings of the two most prominent Austrian Socialist leaders: Victor Adler (1852–1918) and
Recalls the 1916 assassination of the Austrian Minister-President Count Stürkgh, which took place when he was less than eleven years old: Soon I myself was involved in the debate, which, triggered by the assassination, was thoroughly unpolitical
Summary
The predominance of intellectuals of Jewish origin in the leadership of Austrian Socialism is old news to historians, but only recently have they begun perusing the meaning of Jewishness for intellectuals who wanted above all to leave Judaism behind and be recognized as German. The relationship between German nationalism and socialist internationalism among the Austrian. Socialists presents historians with a further challenge: How are Jewishness, German nationalism and internationalism to be reconciled? This article tackles the question through the biographies and writings of the two most prominent Austrian Socialist leaders: Victor Adler (1852–1918) and. Focusing on the pre-WWI period and the Socialists in Austria-Hungary, the article explores yet another, altogether novel question: How did Empire, Socialism and Jews interact to generate Socialist support for the multinational Empire and to create the innovative. Socialist program for federalist imperial reform, and how did the imperial project fit Socialist internationalism and German nationalism?
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