Karl Kautsky
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Karl Kautsky was a prominent Marxist theorist and leading socialist intellectual of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, influential in shaping orthodox Marxism and the politics of European social democracy.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Karl Kautsky canonical | 11 |
| Karl Johann Kautsky | 1 |
| Kautsky | 1 |
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Target entity: Karl Kautsky Context triple: [Second International, keyFigure, Karl Kautsky]
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Friedrich Engel
Friedrich Engel was a German mathematician best known for his collaboration with Sophus Lie in developing the theory of continuous transformation groups and co-authoring the multi-volume "Theorie der Transformationsgruppen."
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Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Plekhanov was a Russian revolutionary and Marxist theorist often regarded as the “father of Russian Marxism” and an important intellectual precursor to Bolshevism.
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Karl Radek
Karl Radek was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, and journalist who became a victim of Stalin’s Great Purge and was tried in the infamous Moscow show trials.
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Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, revolutionary socialist, and co-founder of the Spartacist League whose critiques of authoritarianism and advocacy of democratic, grassroots socialism deeply shaped libertarian socialist thought.
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Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel was a French philosopher and social theorist best known for his reflections on violence, revolutionary syndicalism, and the myth of the general strike, which deeply influenced various radical political movements in the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Karl Kautsky Target entity description: Karl Kautsky was a prominent Marxist theorist and leading socialist intellectual of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, influential in shaping orthodox Marxism and the politics of European social democracy.
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A.
Friedrich Engel
Friedrich Engel was a German mathematician best known for his collaboration with Sophus Lie in developing the theory of continuous transformation groups and co-authoring the multi-volume "Theorie der Transformationsgruppen."
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B.
Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Plekhanov was a Russian revolutionary and Marxist theorist often regarded as the “father of Russian Marxism” and an important intellectual precursor to Bolshevism.
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C.
Karl Radek
Karl Radek was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet politician, and journalist who became a victim of Stalin’s Great Purge and was tried in the infamous Moscow show trials.
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D.
Rosa Luxemburg
Rosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, revolutionary socialist, and co-founder of the Spartacist League whose critiques of authoritarianism and advocacy of democratic, grassroots socialism deeply shaped libertarian socialist thought.
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E.
Georges Sorel
Georges Sorel was a French philosopher and social theorist best known for his reflections on violence, revolutionary syndicalism, and the myth of the general strike, which deeply influenced various radical political movements in the early 20th century.
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Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist theorist
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human ⓘ socialist intellectual ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
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surface form:
Austrian Empire
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| countryOfDeath | Netherlands ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1854-10-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1938-10-17 ⓘ |
| editorOf | Die Neue Zeit ⓘ |
| familyName |
Karl Kautsky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Kautsky
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| fieldOfWork |
economic history
ⓘ
political theory ⓘ socialist theory ⓘ |
| fullName |
Karl Kautsky
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Karl Johann Kautsky
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| givenName | Karl ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
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democratic socialism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Eduard Bernstein
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European social democracy ⓘ Rosa Luxemburg ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Engels
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Karl Marx ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Austrian Social Democratic Party
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surface form:
Austrian Social Democratic Workers' Party
Social Democratic Party of Germany ⓘ |
| movement |
Marxism
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orthodox Marxism ⓘ social democracy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of religion from a Marxist perspective
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critique of Bolshevism ⓘ formulating orthodox Marxism ⓘ theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Foundations of Christianity
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The Agrarian Question ⓘ The Class Struggle ⓘ The Dictatorship of the Proletariat (Karl Kautsky) ⓘ
surface form:
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat
The Road to Power ⓘ |
| occupation |
journalist
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politician ⓘ theorist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Bohemia
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Prague ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Amsterdam ⓘ |
| positionHeld | leading theorist of the Second International ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| spouse | Luise Kautsky ⓘ |
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Subject: Karl Kautsky Description of subject: Karl Kautsky was a prominent Marxist theorist and leading socialist intellectual of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, influential in shaping orthodox Marxism and the politics of European social democracy.
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