The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy

The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy

Otto Bauer
Ephraim J. Nimni, editor
Translated by Joseph O'Donnell
Foreword by Heinz Fischer

$72.00 cloth/jacket
ISBN: 0-8166-3265-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-3265-7

The first complete English translation of a classic work on nationalism.

Until now, The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy was the only remaining work of classical Marxism not fully translated into English. First published in German in 1907, this seminal text has been cited in countless discussions of nationalism, from the writings of Lenin to Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities.

The issues Bauer addressed almost a century ago still challenge current debates on diversity and minority rights. In this remarkably prophetic text, Bauer foreshadowed current ethnic conflicts in the Balkans and in the former Soviet Union and advocated an early concept of multiculturalism. Attempting to reconcile Marxism with nationalism, Bauer called for a system of self-determination for ethnic communities in which extensive autonomy would be granted within a confederal, multicultural state—in Bauer's words, a "United States of Europe," with remarkable similarities to the contemporary European Union.

“Vital to out understanding of both Marxist thought and the theory of nationalism. An historically significant analysis of nations and nationalism. This book includes a number of provocative ideas for addressing contemporary ‘questions of nationalities’.” —Nations and Nationalism

“Important and impressive.” —Millennium

“Otto Bauer’s Marxist classic is a very sophisticated analysis of the nation from a historical materialist perspective. A must read for historians, political scientists, social theorists, students, and general readers. Not only is it indispensable for any academic library, but it should be required reading in the courses on nationalism taught today.” — Labour/LeTravail

A national hero in Austria, Otto Bauer (1881-1938) was a distinguished statesman and the chief theoretician of the Austrian Social Democratic party.

Ephraim J. Nimni is professor of political science at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Joseph O'Donnell is a freelance translator living in Berlin.

696 pages | 19 tables | 5-7/8 x 9 | 2000



The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy Otto Bauer Ephraim J. Nimni, editor Translated by Joseph O'Donnell Foreword by Heinz Fischer		$72.00 cloth/jacket ISBN: 0-8166-3265-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-8166-3265-7
The first complete English translation of a classic work on nationalism. Until now, The Question of Nationalities and Social Democracy was the only remaining work of classical Marxism not fully translated into English. First published in German in 1907, this seminal text has been cited in countless discussions of nationalism, from the writings of Lenin to Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities. The issues Bauer addressed almost a century ago still challenge current debates on diversity and minority rights. In this remarkably prophetic text, Bauer foreshadowed current ethnic conflicts in the Balkans and in the former Soviet Union and advocated an early concept of multiculturalism. Attempting to reconcile Marxism with nationalism, Bauer called for a system of self-determination for ethnic communities in which extensive autonomy would be granted within a confederal, multicultural state—in Bauer's words, a "United States of Europe," with remarkable similarities to the contemporary European Union. “Vital to out understanding of both Marxist thought and the theory of nationalism. An historically significant analysis of nations and nationalism. This book includes a number of provocative ideas for addressing contemporary ‘questions of nationalities’.” —Nations and Nationalism “Important and impressive.” —Millennium “Otto Bauer’s Marxist classic is a very sophisticated analysis of the nation from a historical materialist perspective. A must read for historians, political scientists, social theorists, students, and general readers. Not only is it indispensable for any academic library, but it should be required reading in the courses on nationalism taught today.” — Labour/LeTravail A national hero in Austria, Otto Bauer (1881-1938) was a distinguished statesman and the chief theoretician of the Austrian Social Democratic party. Ephraim J. Nimni is professor of political science at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Joseph O'Donnell is a freelance translator living in Berlin. 696 pages \| 19 tables \| 5-7/8 x 9 \| 2000