Ferdinand Lassalle: Eine Würdigung des Lehrers und Kämpfers

The author traces the life, political activity, and intellectual development of a pioneering socialist teacher and organizer, situating him within the era's social and constitutional struggles. The study combines biographical narrative with analysis of his speeches, economic proposals—notably advocacy of cooperatives supported by state credit and an emphasis on acquired political rights—and his role in creating and leading a workers' association. It examines his strategic encounter with established power, his arguments about wages and social reform, his final political moves and death, and concludes with an assessment of his influence on the emerging social-democratic movement.