La «nuova democrazia» di Kurt Eisner

At the end of the First World War, Germany is crossed by revolutionary events of great importance and extension. In Bavaria, the leader of the November uprising is Kurt Eisner, a Social Democratic political leader, supporter of an ethical socialism with neo-Kantian veins. The difficult political phase, of which he was the protagonist, was for him and his followers the opportunity to propose a ‘new democracy’ for Germany, in which the councilist ‘spirit’ would harmonize with the representative institutions typical of the Western tradition.