This thesis represents an original contribution to research in offering a comprehensive analysis of the work of rudolf bahro. Rudolf bahro the alternative in eastern europe the alternative in eastern europe by rudolf bahro. Rudolf bahro was released from prison in the german democratic republic in october 1979, under an amnesty proclaimed on the. However, a major copy edit was inappropriate at that time because of the issues specified below, or the other tags now found on this article.
A further section compares\ud for the first time the differing reception of bahros study in both\ud east and west germany. There had always been such student groups in the gdr. The communist movement made it appearance with the promise of solving the basic problems. Disaffection and dissent in east germany cambridge core. Zur kritik des real existierenden sozialismus berlin. Zur kritik des real existierenden sozialismus frankfurt am main, 1977. Rudolf bahro 1935 1997 was a dissident from east germany who, since his death, has been recognised as a philosopher, political figure and author. Critical responses, edited by ulf wolter white plains. Bahro was a leader of the west german party the greens, but became disenchanted with its political organization, left the party and explored spiritual approaches to sustainability.
Diktatur des proletariats oder burokratischer kollektivismus, wagenbach, berlin 1972. Biermann and bahro were both active in the scenes in which the radical left in west germany organised themselves. Zur kritik des real existierenden sozialismus jetzt kaufen. Rudolf bahros alternative a great beacon in the darkness stuart holland, labour weekly bahros is a perspective more courageous and optimistic than any commonly found in the west e. Once these issues have been addressed, and any related tags have been cleared, please tag the article once again for.
Herbert marcuse was born in berlin to a jewish family and served in the german army, caring for horses in berlin during the first world war. Rudolf bahro, fodd 18 november 1935 i bad flinsberg, niederschlesien, dod 5 december 1997 i berlin, var en tysk filosof och politiker, mest kand som osttysk dissident och som foresprakare for ekosocialism. A commentary on rudolf bahros alternative july 1979 from the socialist register 1979, pp. Gunther berkhan ehemaliger spanienkampfer zitiert nach. Biermann came to the federal republic after his infamous expatriation from the german democratic republic in 1976.
Home about us subject areas contacts advanced search help. For he believes that the pain and suffering of the process of industrialization have at last produced the conditions in which it is possible for the people to take an everlarger share in the determination. I will refer to this book herein as the logic of salvation. Rudolf bahro 19351997 oli itasaksalainen kirjailija, filosofi ja toisinajattelija. He then became a member of a soldiers council that participated in the aborted socialist spartacist uprising. Zur kritik des real existierenden sozialismus trans. November 1935 in bad flinsberg, landkreis lowenberg in schlesien. Frequently, participants were imprisoned andat least in the later yearslanded in the west in the end. Marxist rudolf bahro criticized the poststalinist version of real existing socialism in the soviet bloc and proposed the creation of a new communist league in order to recapture the original revolutionary spirit. The alternative in eastern europe by rudolf bahro 197801. Hyperlinked list of publications by herbert marcuse, with. Rudolf bahro is still in prison in the german democratic republic, purging an eightyear sentence for treason which he received in june 1978. Critical responses, edited by ulf wolter white plains, n. Nevertheless, as we hope to make clear, we do not abandon the idea that socioeconomic background, or ses, has different.
Cubas academic performance in comparative perspective. The thesis combines a study of bahros work as a prominent opposition figure in the german democratic republic in the 1970s with an assessment of his career as an outspoken member of the west german green party in the 1980s. Rudolf bahro, the alternative in eastern europe, nlr i106. Bahro was a leader of the west german party the greens, but became disenchanted with its political organization, left the party and explored spiritual approaches to. Bahro 17 the challenge of rudolf bahro in eastern europe rudolf bahro the alternative in eastern europe the alternative in eastern europe by rudolf bahro. Herbert marcuse books and biography free pdf books from bookyards, one of the worlds first online libraries to offer ebooks to be downloaded for free. Marcuses publications herbert marcuse official website. The alternative in eastern europe by rudolf bahro 19780101 on.
Rudolf bahro was released from prison in the german democratic republic in october 1979, under an amnesty proclaimed on the thirtieth anniversary of the founding of the g d r. Mass protests and the revolution of 1989 grassroots protest movements, or biirgerbewegungen, surfaced rela tively late in east germany, much later than, for example, the activi. Jahrgang, 1978 based on bahros analysis in rudolf bahro. And since this kind of alternative does not bear simply on some particulars, but rather. The alternative in eastern europe by rudolf bahro 19780101. Rudolf bahro november 18, 1935 december 5, 1997 was a dissident from east germany who, since his death, has been recognised as a philosopher, political figure and author. Zur kritik des real existierenden sozialismus, tribune verlag 1977, neuauflage.
Born in berlin, marcuse studied at the humboldt university of berlin and then at freiburg, where he received his phd. For a fuller account of the audience he seeks to reach see selfinterview, in dokumentation, pp. The thesis combines a study of bahro s work as a prominent opposition figure in the german democratic republic in the 1970s with an assessment of his career as an outspoken member of the west german green party in the 1980s. His real crime was that he, a functionary of the east german state and party apparatus and. The thesis combines a study of bahros work as a prominent opposition figure in the german. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Nonviolent struggle and the revolution in east germany. Bahros harsh critique of the sed is explored within the context of the gdrs historical development and eastern european marxist revisionism in general. Zur kritik des real existierenden sozialismus, engl. July 19, 1898 july 29, 1979 was a germanamerican philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist, associated with the frankfurt school of critical theory.