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| {{Infobox politician|image_size=200|birth_date=[[Prague]], [[Austrian Empire (1804–1867)|Austrian Empire]]|birth_place=16 October 1854|death_date=17 October 1938 (aged 84)|death_place=[[Amsterdam]], [[Kingdom of the Netherlands|Netherlands]]|political_orientation=[[Reformism]]|political_party=[[Second International]]|image=Kautsky.png}} | | {{Infobox politician|image_size=200|birth_date=Prague, [[Austrian Empire]]|birth_place=16 October 1854|death_date=17 October 1938|death_place=Amsterdam, [[Netherlands]]|political_party=[[Second International]]|image=Kautsky.png}} |
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| '''Karl Johann Kautsky''' (16 October 1854 – 17 October 1938) was a Czech-Austrian socialist and the main political theorist of the [[Second International]].<ref name=":1">{{Citation|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]|year=1916|title=Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism|chapter=Imperialism as a Special Stage of Capitalism|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/ch07.htm|city=[[Moscow]]|publisher=Progress Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/index.htm}}</ref> Although he identified as a [[Marxism|Marxist]], he rejected the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] in favor of [[reformism]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]|year=1918|title=The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky|chapter=How Kautsky Turned Marx Into a Common Liberal|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/common_liberal.htm|city=Moscow|publisher=Kommunist Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/index.htm|trans-title=Пролетарская революция и ренегат Каутский|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> In 1930, he labelled the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]] a [[Fascism|fascist]] state and called for the overthrow of its government by the [[peasantry]].<ref name=":052">{{Citation|author=Ludo Martens|year=1996|title=Another View of Stalin|chapter=Collectivization|isbn=9782872620814|publisher=Editions EPO|pdf=https://gateway.ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzaceab64vxtxpqt2cdl4zsrsftmedqidn4foq74gr25qkd35z5nwogdi?filename=Ludo%20Martens%20-%20Another%20View%20of%20Stalin-Editions%20EPO%20%281996%29.pdf|page=68}}</ref> | | '''Karl Johann Kautsky''' (16 October 1854 – 17 October 1938) was a Czech-Austrian socialist and political theorist. Although he identified as a [[Marxism|Marxist]], rejected the [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] in favor of [[reformism]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]|year=1918|title=The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky|chapter=How Kautsky Turned Marx Into a Common Liberal|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/common_liberal.htm|city=Moscow|publisher=Kommunist Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/index.htm|trans-title=Пролетарская революция и ренегат Каутский|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> Unlike the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolsheviks]], he advocated for defending the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]] during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]|year=1918|title=The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky|chapter=What Is Internationalism?|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/internationalism.htm|city=Moscow|publisher=Kommunist Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/index.htm|trans-title=Пролетарская революция и ренегат Каутский|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> |
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| == Views on imperialism ==
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| Unlike the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolsheviks]], Kautsky advocated for defending the [[Russian Empire (1721–1917)|Russian Empire]] during the [[First World War]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]|year=1918|title=The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky|chapter=What Is Internationalism?|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/internationalism.htm|city=Moscow|publisher=Kommunist Publishers|mia=https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1918/prrk/index.htm|trans-title=Пролетарская революция и ренегат Каутский|trans-lang=Russian}}</ref> During the war, he also proposed the concept of [[super-imperialism]], a globally organized stage of [[capitalism]] which would lack [[war]] and peacefully grow into [[socialism]].'''<ref name=":0">{{Citation|year=1954|title=Political Economy|chapter=Economic Doctrines of the Capitalist Epoch|chapter-url=https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/pe/pe-ch22.htm|section=The Economic Theories of the Opportunists of the Second International and the Right-wing Socialists of Today|mia=https://www.marxists.org/subject/economy/authors/pe/index.htm}}</ref>''' He believed [[imperialism]] was a policy and not a stage of [[capitalism]].<ref name=":1" /> | |
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