The Second International and Austro-Marxism (Recommendations needed)

[ComradeOm]

Following up from a request on another site, I'm asking if anyone can recommend some useful sources (books, articles, or websites) on the demise of the Second International and the creation of the Labour and Socialist International. I'm particularly interested in the Two and a Half International (aka the Vienna International aka the IWUSP)

As a related note, links or recommendations for sources on the "Austro-Marxist" school during these post-war years would be appreciated

[Invariance]

It seems like you're interested mainly in the history of the movement, rather than their theory? I'm not sure how much you would get out of that; Austro-Marxism was largely an intellectual tendency. Unfortunately, I'm not too familiar with its history, only familiar enough to know that many in its school later accepted governments posts and essentially became reformists. I guess you could look at some of the writings of Max Adler, Karl Renner, Otto Bauer or Rudolf Hilferding. Bauer's most important work was Die Nationalitatenfrage und die Sozialdemokratie (Vienna, 1907),which essentially argued for a form of federation as a compromise for self-determination. He also emphasized cultural factors etc in the constitution of a nation. Economically, he argued that capitalists seek to expand their nexus to underdeveloped nations where there is a higher rate of profit. He became a critic of 'state capitalism' in the USSR in the early 30s. Hilferding's most important work was Finance Capital.

So far as journal articles are concerned, the work I often see most cited is 'Austro-Marxism: A Reappraisal' by Norbert Leser. Its available on JSTOR, if you have access to that. If not, I'll upload it for you. Browsing through it, it does cover their post-war years.

Vinnie

[ComradeOm]

Ah, I'd almost given up hope on this one. Yes, I am primarily concerned with the history but thanks for the recommendations anyway. I don't have access to JSTOR, would you be able to upload that article?

[Invariance]

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