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The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution

Comparing Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass in Real-Time

By: August H. Nimtz,Kyle A. Edwards

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The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution

Comparing Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass in Real-Time

By: August H. Nimtz,Kyle A. Edwards

Nimtz’s and Edwards’s real-time comparative political analysis offers a unique look at two historically consequential figures with two very different theoretical and political perspectives, both of whom expertly examined the most contentious issue of the nineteenth century. By juxtaposing the political thought and activism of Karl Marx and Frederick Douglass, Nimtz and Edwards are able to make insightful observations and conclusions about race and class in America. The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal reveals how two still competing political perspectives, liberalism and Marxism, performed when the biggest breakthrough for the millennial-old democratic quest after the French Revolution occurred – the abolition of chattel slavery in the United States. In so doing, it presents potential lessons for today.

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9004706380

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Marx and Engels

Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough

By: August H. Nimtz

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Marx and Engels

Their Contribution to the Democratic Breakthrough

By: August H. Nimtz

Presents the first major study of Marx and Engels in two decades and the only study since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the recognized crisis of global capitalism.

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SUNY Press

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0791444899

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Islam and Politics in East Africa

The Sufi Order in Tanzania

By: August H. Nimtz, Jr.

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Islam and Politics in East Africa

The Sufi Order in Tanzania

By: August H. Nimtz, Jr.

Islam and Politics in East Africa was first published in 1980. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Focusing on the interplay of religion, society, and politics, August Nimtz examines the role of sufi tariqas (brotherhoods) in Tanzania, where he observed an African Muslim society at first hand. Nimtz opens this book with a historical account of Islam in East Africa, and in subsequent chapters analyzes the role of tariqas in Tanzania and, more specifically, in the coastal city of Bagamoyo. Using a conceptual framework derived from contemporary political theories on social cleavages and individual interests. Nimtz explains why the tariqa is important in the process of political change. The fundamental cleavage in Muslim East Africa, he notes, is that of "whites" versus blacks. Nimtz contends that the tariqus, in serving the interest of blacks (that is, Africans), became in turn vehicles for the mass mobilization of African Muslims during the anti-colonial struggle. In Bagamoyo he finds a similar process and, in addition, reveals that the tariqas have served African interests in opposition to those of "whites" because of the individual benefits they provide. At the same time, Nimtz concludes, the social structure of East African Muslim society has ensured that Africans would be particularly attracted to these benefits. This work will interest both observers of African political development and specialists in the Islamic studies.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816658366

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The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution

By: August H. Nimtz

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The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution

By: August H. Nimtz

Nimtz uncovers in one that attempts to chart a course between plain opportunism and anarchist rejections of the electoral arena. Instead, electoral campaigns are seen as crucial for developing political education and organisation, and as a key way to measure your forces and communicate with the wider population. As radical left reformist projects, exemplified by Sanders and Corbyn, once again become a political force and the left has to think about what it means to run for office in a capitalist state, it's a good time to look back at how the left has historically conducted such debates.

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Haymarket Books

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1642590916

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Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

By: August H. Nimtz

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Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

By: August H. Nimtz

This book explores the time in which Lenin initiated his use of the electorate, beginning with the Marxist roots of his politics, from his leadership of Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in the First and Second State Dumas to Russia's first experiment in representative democracy from 1906 to 1907.

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1137389966

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Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907 to the October Revolution of 1917

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

By: August H. Nimtz

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Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907 to the October Revolution of 1917

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

By: August H. Nimtz

This book is the first full-length study of Lenin's party building project and writings on elections, looking in detail at his leadership of the Bolshevik wing of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in the four state Dumas from 1906 to the beginning of the First World War.

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1137389958

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Marxism versus Liberalism

Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis

By: August H. Nimtz

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Marxism versus Liberalism

Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis

By: August H. Nimtz

“An extraordinary work of political historical analysis that methodically and convincingly argues for the superiority of a Marxist approach for pursuing democracy. Rich in historical detail and thoroughly engrossing in portraying the real-time analyses of and intervention in crucial events by prominent Marxist and liberal theorists and political actors, Marxism versus Liberalism is a truly impressive achievement that will have an enduring appeal.” —John F. Sitton, Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA Performing a comparative real-time political analysis, Marxism versus Liberalism presents convincing evidence to sustain two similarly audacious claims: firstly, that Karl Marx and Frederick Engels collectively had better democratic credentials than Alexis de Tocqueville and John Stuart Mill; and secondly, that Vladimir Lenin had better democratic credentials than Max Weber and Woodrow Wilson. When the two sets of protagonists are compared and contrasted in how they read and responded to big political events in motion, this book contends that these Marxists proved to be better democrats than the history’s most prominent Liberals. Exploring the historical scenarios of The European Spring of 1848, the United States Civil War, the 1905 Russian Revolution, the 1917 Russian Revolution, and the end of World War I, Marxism versus Liberalism carefully tests each claim in order to challenge assumed political wisdom.

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3030249468

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Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America

The 'Absolute Democracy' or 'Defiled Republic'

By: August H. Nimtz

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Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America

The 'Absolute Democracy' or 'Defiled Republic'

By: August H. Nimtz

While Alexis de Tocqueville described America as the 'absolute democracy,' Karl Marx saw the nation as a 'defiled republic' so long as it permitted the enslavement of blacks. In this insightful political history, Nimtz argues that Marx and his partner, Frederick Engels, had a far more acute and insightful reading of American democracy than Tocqueville because they recognized that the overthrow of slavery and the cessation of racial oppression were central to its realization. Nimtz's account contrasts both the writings and the civil action of Tocqueville, Marx and Engels, noting that Marx and Engels actively mobilized the German-American community in opposition to the slavocracy prior to the Civil War, and that Marx heavily supported the Union cause. This potent and insightful investigation into the approaches of two major thinkers provides fresh insight into past and present debates about race and democracy in America.

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The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution

By: August H. Nimtz

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From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution

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Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

By: August H. Nimtz

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Marxism versus Liberalism

Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis

By: August H. Nimtz

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Comparative Real-Time Political Analysis

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Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907 to the October Revolution of 1917

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

By: August H. Nimtz

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Book's by August H. Nimtz

The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution

The Communist and the Revolutionary Liberal in the Second American Revolution

Marx and Engels

Marx and Engels

Islam and Politics in East Africa

Islam and Politics in East Africa

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907 to the October Revolution of 1917

Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907 to the October Revolution of 1917

Marxism versus Liberalism

Marxism versus Liberalism

Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America

Marx, Tocqueville, and Race in America

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

The Ballot, the Streets—or Both

Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

Lenin's Electoral Strategy from Marx and Engels through the Revolution of 1905

Marxism versus Liberalism

Marxism versus Liberalism

Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907 to the October Revolution of 1917

Lenin’s Electoral Strategy from 1907 to the October Revolution of 1917

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