Ernst Niekisch

Ernst Niekisch
Portrait of Ernst Niekisch in 1926
Born
Ernst Niekisch

(1889-05-23)23 May 1889
Died23 May 1967(1967-05-23) (aged 78)
Political partyMajority Social Democratic Party of Germany (1917–1919, 1919–1922)
Social Democratic Party of Germany (1922–1926)
Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany (1919)
Old Social Democratic Party of Germany (1926–1932)
Philosophical work
Era20th century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolConservative Revolution
Main interestsPolitics

Ernst Niekisch (23 May 1889 – 23 May 1967) was a German writer and political theorist. Initially a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and of the Old Social Democratic Party of Germany (ASP), he later became a prominent exponent of the National revolutionary branch of the Conservative Revolution and National Bolshevism.