Kautsky

In an article written in 1915, Kautsky had referred to his own earlier article from 1904.

He saw no reason to abandon the outlook he had shared with Kautsky just at the time when, in his eyes, events had justified it completely.

It is abundantly clear that Lenin thinks Kautsky back then was not just a Marxist, but an excellent one.

This means that the dilemma that I set out for those who see an "unconscious" divergence between Lenin and Kautsky in 1902 still stands.

Let me end with a description of Kautsky-as-Marxist based entirely on Lenin's pronouncements after 1914.

Kautsky was also a reliable guide to the revolutionary developments of the early twentieth century.

It means something like: "the waffling and compromising typified by Kautsky's conduct after the outbreak of war. "

Thus Lenin's condemnation of "Kautskyism" does not tell us anything about his attitude toward Kautsky's prewar thought.

The answer given to us by the database is unambiguous: Lenin felt that Kautsky had changed, not himself.

The question arises, how did Lenin after 1914 regard his own earlier admiration for Kautsky?

But the stance of aggressive unoriginality is still evident in The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky, written in late 1918.

Kautsky's theory of democracy and socialism is very valuable for contemporary Chinese socialist construction both in theory and in reality.

Furthermore, Lenin's discussions are most often based on a recent re-reading of the Kautsky material in question.

How well Kautsky wrote, when he was still a Marxist!

Kautsky had a special relation to Russia and to Bolshevism.

a. Kautsky has changed, that is: Kautsky is now acting a way totally different from the way he acted before.

See also Lenin's 1917 statement about Kautsky's Social Revolution quoted below.

After the summer of 1920, there are very few references to Kautsky, either positive or negative.

In other words, Kautsky is a renegade.