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Eduard Bernstein

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Eduard Bernstein
Born6 January 1850
Schöneberg, Kingdom of Prussia
Died18 December 1932
Berlin, Prussia, Germany
NationalityGerman
Political orientationReformism
Social democracy
Political partySPD

Eduard Bernstein (6 January 1850 – 18 December 1932) was a German social democrat and political theorist. He believed that capitalism could naturally regulate itself to prevent crises[1] and that socialism could be achieved without a revolution through gradual reforms.[2] He also rejected the labour theory of value and took a moralist instead of scientific stance on the exploitation of surplus-value.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Rosa Luxemburg (1900). Reform or Revolution: 'The Adaptation of Capital'. [MIA]
  2. Rosa Luxemburg (1900). Reform or Revolution: 'The Realisation of Socialism through Social Reforms'. [MIA]
  3. Political Economy: 'Economic Doctrines of the Capitalist Epoch; The Economic Theories of the Opportunists of the Second International and the Right-wing Socialists of Today' (1954). [MIA]