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Acknowledgements Astheauthorof this text, I feelobligedtoanumberofpeopleandinstitutions towhomIoweimmensegratitude.Withoutyourinvaluablehelp,thebookand itsEnglisheditionwouldnothavebeenpossible. Mywarmest thanksgoespecially tomy latehusband, theViennese lawyer, DrWalterSchupp.Iamgratefultohimnotonlyforhisattentiveproofingofthe Germantextandhispatient listening,butparticularly forhis insights intothe intellectualandpoliticalhistoryofAustriaandourexchangeofideas.Without hisintellectualsupport,myresearchoverseveraldecadeswouldnothavebeen possible. I am also grateful tomy late academic supervisor Dr SewerynDziamski, underwhosedirection Iworked at the Institute of Philosophy inPoznan for manyyears.Iowealottohisknowledge,experience,andbenevolentcriticism, aswellashisencouragingwords,whichwerealwaysfullof trust inme. I am particularly grateful to friends who helped to draft the first Polish editionofmybook.Theywere its first, extremelypatientreaders–DrDanuta Sobczyńska,DrSewerynDziamski,andDrAndrzejPapuziński. I am equally grateful to thosewho reviewed the book –Dr Leszek Koła- kowski, Dr Michał Śliwa, Dr Seweryn Dziamski, Dr Bernard Piotrowski, Dr KlausMüller,DrGeraldMozetič,DrMarkE. BlumandDrUli Schöler. Their perceptiveadvicehelpedtopreparetheEnglish-languageeditionof thebook, removeinaccuracies,andlendaclearershapetothetext. Duringmywork onAustromarxism, the chair of philosophy of the social sciencesattheUniversityofVienna,NorbertLeser,hasassistedmewithadvice for30years. I thankhimkindlyforhelpingmetoobtaintwostatescholarships inhisdepartmentandinvitingmetoparticipate inconferencesandseminars thatheorganised. The translator of this edition,Maciej Zurowski, deserves his own, special thanks. IhavetothankSebastianBudgen,editorandheadofBrill’sHistoricalMater- ialism series,who initiated and guarded theEnglish-language editionof this book. I would like to expressmy deep gratitude for our pleasant co-opera- tion. TheinstitutionsthatIhadtheopportunitytoworkwithalsogreatlycontrib- utedtothisedition.ImmeasurablehelpwasofferedbythelibraryoftheArchive ofSocialDemocracyinBonn,thelibraryoftheArbeiterkammerinVienna,the NationalLibrary,andtheInstitute for theDanubeRegionandCentralEurope inViennaanditsarchives,whichsupportedandawardedmyresearchproject,