| The State and Revolution Revised Edition Contributor(s): Lenin, Vladimir Ilich (Author), Service, Robert (Translator), Service, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 014018435X ISBN-13: 9780140184358 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1993 Annotation: In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, The October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed master work on The State and Revolution ... This powerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regime and a wealth of insights into Leninist politics. It was here that Lenin justified his personal interpretation of Marxism, savaged his opponents and set out his trenchant views on class conflict, the lessons of earlier revolutions, the dismantling of the bourgeois state and the replacement of capitalism by the, dictatorship of the proletariat. The result, as Robert Service suggests in his stimulating Introduction, is 'a choral ode to action, intolerance, combat and collectivism, the anthem of Bolshevism in its revolutionary era'. Immediately established as a standard text, it was selectively cited by leaders from Stalin to Gorbachev in support of programmes which differed in important ways. As both historical document and political statement, its importance can hardly be exaggerated. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism - History | Eastern Europe - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism |
| Dewey: 335.4 |
| Series: Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.04" W x 7.73" (0.34 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Eastern Europe - Cultural Region - Russia |
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| Publisher Description: In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork The State and Revolution. This powerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regime and a wealth of insights into Leninist politics. It was here that Lenin justified his personal interpretation of Marxism, savaged his opponents and set out his trenchant views on class conflict, the lessons of earlier revolutions, the dismantling of the bourgeois state and the replacement of capitalism by the dictatorship of the proletariat. As both historical document and political statement, its importance can hardly be exaggerated. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |