Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Loading next page...
/lp/brill/paul-levi-in-perspective-aUzqfSAiPu
References
References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.
- Publisher
- Brill
- Copyright
- © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Subject
- Review Articles
- ISSN
- 1465-4466
- eISSN
- 1569-206X
- DOI
- 10.1163/1569206X-12341419
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Paul Levi was leader of the German Communist Party in the vital years 1919 and 1920; he was subsequently expelled for his opposition to the adventurist March Action in 1921. Three recent books cast new light on this complex figure: David Fernbach’s selection of his writings, Frédéric Cyr’s biography and Paul Frölich’s memoirs. Levi was a man of great talent and courage, but his leadership style was defective; he was neither Leninist nor Luxemburgist, and his greatest weakness was his inability to relate to ultra-leftism. His limitations are revealed by a comparison with his comrade Clara Zetkin.
Journal
Historical Materialism – Brill
Published: Sep 11, 2015
Keywords: Paul Levi; Lenin; Leninism; Rosa Luxemburg; German Communist Party; ultra-leftism