LECTURE Ⅰ MARX AND THE THEORETIC BASIS OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

1．Marx＇s training

(a)German Philosophy－Hegel and Feuerbach

(b)French Socialists，especially Proudhon

(c)English Socialists，Bray，Thompson，＆c．，perhaps influenced Marx through his friendship with Engels，who lived chiefly in England

2．The Communist Manifesto，1848，and the materialistic theory of history

3．Marx＇s economic theory，as set forth in his＂Capital，＂1867

(a)The theory of value and surplus-value．Account and criticism

(b)The law of the concentration of capital．Account and criticism

LECTURE Ⅱ LASSALLE

1．Marx a student，not an agitator．He views first brought home to the werking classes by Lassalle

2．Brief review of German conditions up to the time of Lassalle＇s agitation

(a)Battle of Jena and emancipation of serfs．War of Liberation，1813

(b)Revolutions of 1848．At first a united movement of bourgeoisie and proletariat，but the bourgeoisie became alarmed at the demands of the proletariat，and a reaction set in before much had been gained

(c)Economic progress of Germany during the Fifties．Spread of laissez-faire Liberalism．Schulze-De-litzsch＇s friendly societies

3．Lassalle＇s writings and agitation，1863 and 1864．The Universal German Working-Men＇s Association．Las-salle＇s death，1864

4．Lassalle＇s sources：Rodbertus and Marx

5．Lassalle＇s character and the results of his work．His effect chiefly emotional

LECTURE Ⅲ HISTORY OF GERMAN SOCIALISM FROM THE DEATH OF LASSALLE TO THE PASSING OF THE EXCEP-TIONAL LAW，1878

1．The various organisations and their development towards Marxianism

(a)Lassalle＇s Universal German Working-Men＇s Associa-tion up to 1871，under presidency of v．Schweitzer，continued to coquette with Bismarck．Afterwards became more democratic and Marxian，and joined Marx＇s followers 1875

(b)International Working-Men＇s Association，founded in London，1864，followed Marx，and obtained great influence in Germany，chiefly through Marx＇s friend Liebknecht

(c)League of German Working-Men＇s Societies，founded in Leipzig，1863，to oppose Lassalle from side of Liberalism．Bebel，the leader of the League，became a Socialist under the influence of Lieb-knecht，and carried most of his followers with him

(d)In 1869 the League amalgamated with the Members of the International to form the Social Democratic Working-Men＇s Party．This joined by Lassalle＇s Association in 1875，and thus Marx＇s influence became supreme

2．The Franco-Prussian War．Consequent check to Social Democracy

3．German Constitution，as determined in 1871

4．Growing hostility to Socialism，and passing of the Ex-ceptional Law，1878

LECTURE Ⅳ SOCIAL DEMOCRACY UNDER THE EXCEPTIONAL LAW，1878-1890

1．Principal Motives of popular enmity to Social Demo-cracy

(a)Atheism

(b)Views on Marriage and the Family

(c)Internationalism

(d)Advocacy of Revolution

2．Principal Provisions of the Exceptional Law

3．Administration of the Exceptional Law，and attitude of official leaders under it

4．Bismarck＇s State-Socialism，and consequent conflict be-tween leaders and bulk of party

5．A policeman＇s view of Socialism and the Exceptional Law

6．Agitation under the Exceptional Law．Increase of Socialist Vote．Expiration of the Exceptional Law，1890

LECTURE Ⅴ ORGANISATION，AGITATION，TACTICS，AND PROGRAMME OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY SINCE THE FALL OF THE SOCIALIST LAW

1．Organisation，as determined by Annual Congress of 1890．Recent dissolutions by the police，and resulting changes of organisation

2．Methods of agitation

3．Discussion of Tactics at Annual Congress of 1891．Two opposite tendencies，to State-Socialism and to Revolution

4．The Erfurt Programme adopted at the Annual Congress of 1891

LECTURE Ⅵ THE PRESENT POSITION OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

1．The various political parties of Germany，their pro-grammes and strength．The over-representation of Agriculture，and resulting importance of Agrarian Vote

2．The Agrarian Difficulty－

(a)As a result of Marx＇s views of economic theory

(b)As discussed at the two Party Congresses of 1894 and 1895

3．Conclusion

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