Eduard Bernstein
Eduard Bernstein · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Democratic-socialist theorist; founder of evolutionary (revisionist) socialism, arguing for reform over revolution
1850, Berlin, Germany — 1932, Berlin, Germany
Germany · Switzerland · United Kingdom
Eduard Bernstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Democratic-socialist theorist; founder of evolutionary (revisionist) socialism, arguing for reform over revolution
Eduard Bernstein was a German Social Democratic theorist who founded 'revisionism' or evolutionary socialism, arguing in 'The Preconditions of Socialism' (1899) that socialism could be reached through gradual democratic reform rather than revolution. His ideas shaped the reformist wing of European social democracy for a century. He was born into a Jewish family in Berlin.
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Democratic-socialist theorist; founder of evolutionary (revisionist) socialism, arguing for reform over revolution
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Political Philosophy & Science
