| Nomination for Nobel Peace Prize | |
| Year: | 1938 |
| Number: | 17 - 3 |
| Nominee: |
|
| Name: | Karl Kautsky |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1854 |
| Year, Death: | 1938 |
| Profession: | Author. Marxist theorist. One of the leaders of the German Social Democratic Party |
| City: | Vienna |
| Country: | AUSTRIA (AT) |
| Motivation: | Kautsky was nominated for his works "Krieg und Demokratie" and "Sozialisten und Krieg". He tried to reveal the factors that caused society to go to war and to shed light upon the sociology of war. Kautsky believed that if society knew what caused war, then it would be possible both to prevent war and to establish lasting peace. He based his research on reality and actual facts, and not on some farfetched fantasy. He also fought against civil war ideology. |
| Nominator: |
|
| Name: | Richard Lindström |
| Gender: | M |
| Profession: | Member of the Swedish parliament |
| City: | Stockholm |
| Country: | SWEDEN (SE) |