Restoring Revolutionary Theory: Towards an Understanding of Lenin's "The State and Revolution"

Restoring Revolutionary Theory: Towards an Understanding of Lenin's "The State and Revolution"

While the generally held opinion is that Lenin's The State and Revolution is a restatement of Marx's and Engels' theory of state, the author argues, taking into account both the substance of the text and the book's underlying motive, that it is primarily an attempt to define the...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly Vol. 24; no. 43; pp. 2431 - 2433
Main Author: Rustam Singh
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Sameeksha Trust 28-10-1989
Subjects:
Bourgeois
Capitalism
Communes
Democracy
Literature
Marxian economics
Opportunistic behavior
Political revolutions
Proletariat
Socialism
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Summary:While the generally held opinion is that Lenin's The State and Revolution is a restatement of Marx's and Engels' theory of state, the author argues, taking into account both the substance of the text and the book's underlying motive, that it is primarily an attempt to define the nature, form and method of the proletarian revolution in order to conclusively terminate the bourgeois political order.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846