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The Radical Tradition (Routledge Revivals): A Study in Modern Revolutionary Thought - Softcover

Gombin, Richard

 
9780415570503: The Radical Tradition (Routledge Revivals): A Study in Modern Revolutionary Thought
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415570506 ISBN 13: 9780415570503
Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

Originally published in 1978, Richard Gombin's book traces the recurrent attitudes in the history of the European revolutionary movement which have criticized socialist and communist parties for their authoritarian and bureaucratic tendencies, and which have stressed spontaneity and decentralization as the correct basis from which to change society. From a critique of Marx, through to an examination of Soviet practice under Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin as a factor in the disillusionment of the left with the methods of the Russian Revolution, Gombin's study examines the concepts of 'workers' councils' as they emerged in several countries after the First World War. This comparative study develops the idea of a 'council communism' as opposed to a 'party communism' which, he suggests, is the fundamental concept in the criticism of orthodox Communism from the left

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Richard Gombin

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415570506
ISBN 13 
9780415570503
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
162