Scope for Agency and Political Options. The German Working-Class Movement and the Rise of Nazism
The article investigates the reactions of the working-class movement to the rise of Nazism. It begins with a discussion of the Preußenschlag, when the Social Democratic government of Prussia was disempowered by the Reich government in July 1932. These events are then put into the context of the soci...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2013
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Politics, religion & ideology
Year: 2013, Volume: 14, Issue: 3, Pages: 377-394 |
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| Summary: | The article investigates the reactions of the working-class movement to the rise of Nazism. It begins with a discussion of the Preußenschlag, when the Social Democratic government of Prussia was disempowered by the Reich government in July 1932. These events are then put into the context of the social democrats’ struggle for the defense of the Republic. The article argues that certain options for courses of actions, such as calling for mass activism in the streets, were to social democrats in moments of crisis because they were not part of their repertoire of political practices. Broadening the perspective, the article then analyzes both the communists’ struggle against the Nazis, and their relations with social democrats. It argues that not only political goals separated social democrats from communists but even more importantly the radically different repertoires of their respective political practices. Finally, the article analyzes rank-and-file relations between communists and social democrats and highlights the deep distrust between them. |
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| ISSN: | 2156-7697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics, religion & ideology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21567689.2013.820443 |