Iring Fetscher- The Changing Goals of Socialism in the Twentieth Century (1980)

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"Iring Fetscher found his later main topic - Marx and Marxism - through an article in Les Temps Modernes , in which the French historian of ideas Henri Arvon [8] pointed out, as Fetscher reports in his first academic contribution, “an inexplicable gap in Marx research “ indicates: the clarification of the importance of Max Stirner for the theoretical development of Karl Marx. [9] Although Fetscher did not devote himself to closing this gap, he became one of the leading Western researchers of Marx's teachings and the doctrines derived from them. His best-known writings include From Marx to Soviet Ideology (1957) and the three-volume work Marxism. His history in documents (1963-1968). In 1985 Fetscher, together with Herfried Münkler, published the five-volume standard work Piper's Handbook of Political Ideas . In his book Conditions for the Survival of Humanity (1991) he reconstructs ecological positions in Marxian and critical theory and addresses the capitalist foundations of environmental destruction. Other focal points of his academic work were studies of Rousseau , Hegel and Hobbes .
He also achieved a high level of popularity in the Federal Republic through his frequent presence on television, where he commented on topics such as co-determination , RAF terrorism and “ the limits to growth ”. [10] Fetscher positioned himself “against conservatism and against communism”. [11] He frequently took part in the Frankfurt Römerberg Talks . [12]
In the mid-1990s, Fetscher began to publicly deal more intensively with his National Socialist past and published a publication in 1995 entitled Curiosity and Fear. Trying to understand my life a life report.
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In German? I do not know. in English (Social Research
Vol. 47, No. 1, The State of Socialism (SPRING 1980), pp. 36-62 (27 pages)
Published By: The Johns Hopkins University Press)

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