Book contents
- Red Secularism
- Red Secularism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introducing Socialism and Secularism as Two Cultures
- 2 Secularist Culture in an Industrializing City
- 3 Prometheans
- 4 The Sociology and Psychology of Secularist Intellectuals
- 5 Workers and Worldview
- 6 The Politics of Secularism 1905–1914
- 7 Secularists in War and Revolution 1914–1922
- 8 Monism in the Weimar Workers’ Culture Movement
- 9 Culture War at the End of the Weimar Republic
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Archives Used
- Index
6 - The Politics of Secularism 1905–1914
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 November 2023
- Red Secularism
- Red Secularism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introducing Socialism and Secularism as Two Cultures
- 2 Secularist Culture in an Industrializing City
- 3 Prometheans
- 4 The Sociology and Psychology of Secularist Intellectuals
- 5 Workers and Worldview
- 6 The Politics of Secularism 1905–1914
- 7 Secularists in War and Revolution 1914–1922
- 8 Monism in the Weimar Workers’ Culture Movement
- 9 Culture War at the End of the Weimar Republic
- Epilogue
- Appendixes
- Archives Used
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the impact of anticlericalism and secularism on German politics. It charts the significance of secularism in the relations between radicals, revisionists and liberals in the period between the church-leaving campaign 1906-14 and the end of the German revolution in 1923. It examines how factions of the SPD clashed over the church-leaving movement of 1909 to 1914. Special attention will be given to the cooperation of secularist revisionists around Eduard Bernstein with left liberals and anti-political leaders of cultural reform efforts, such as Eugen Diederichs.
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- Red SecularismSocialism and Secularist Culture in Germany 1890 to 1933, pp. 153 - 195Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023