Marxism and the Leap to the Kingdom of Freedom: The Rise and Fall of the Communist Utopia Contributor(s): Walicki, Andrezej (Author), Walicki, Andrzej (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804723842 ISBN-13: 9780804723848 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $76.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 1994 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Radicalism |
Dewey: 320.531 |
LCCN: 94032893 |
Lexile Measure: 1570 |
Physical Information: 654 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book reconstructs Marx and Engels's theory of freedom, highlights its centrality to their vision of the communist society of the future, traces its development in the history of Marxist thought (including Marxism-Leninism), and explains how it was transformed into a legitimation of totalitarian practices. |