Socialist thinkers: Eduard Bernstein (1850-1932)

Overview:

• he began as a Marxist sympathiser, but later lost faith in that ideology and developed a new form of socialism
• this would ultimately form the main opposition to classical Marxism 
• Marxists saw him as a traitor to the cause of socialism
• his ideas were branded revisionism, but his theories came to dominate European socialism, while Marxism turned into a distinct movement far removed from socialist principles

Ideas:

• he became one…