BERNSTEIN, EDUARD (1850-'1932), German politician and writer, was born in Berlin, Jan. 6, 185o. In 1872 he joined the Social Democrats and from 1881-90 edited, with Bebel, the Sozialdemokrat in Zurich, and later in London, where he lived in exile until 190I. In 1902 he entered the Reichstag as deputy for Breslau. He was best known as the author of "Revisionism," a changed conception of Marxism, based on the belief that the class struggle was diminishing in intensity. This he argued from figures which appeared to show that the number of small fortunes, and consequently of the middle-class, was on the increase. He was therefore regarded as the chief right wing Socialist leader, but when the split in the party occurred in March 1916, his pacifist convictions forced him to associate with the Independ ents. He rejoined tie Majority Socialists, however, in 1919. Bernstein's works include : Die V oraussetzungen des Sozialismus and die Aufgaben der Sozialdemokratie (first pub. 1899, latest ed., 192o) ; Zur Geschichte and Theorie des Sozialismus (1901, 1904) ; Sozialismus and Demokratie in den grossen Englischen Revolution (1922); Erinnerungen eines Sozialisten (1918) ; Die deutsche Revolution, ihre Entstehung, ihr Verlauf and Mr Werk (192I).