State and Revolution - Softcover

Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898751926 ISBN 13: 9780898751925

Publisher: International Law & Taxation, 2001

Synopsis

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 ...

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'The replacement of the bourgeois state by the proletarian state is impossible without a violent revolution'

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 As both historical document and political statement, its importance can hardly be exaggerated.

This translation by acclaimed historian Robert Service is faithful to the style of Lenin's original work, while his introduction discusses the writing and publication of The State and Revolution and the many interpretations of it since. This edition also contains a glossary.

Translated and edited with an introduction by Robert Service

About the Author:

V. I. Lenin (18701924) was a leader of the Russian Revolution and wrote extensively on the issues facing the working-class movement of his time.

About this edition

• Publisher: International Law & Taxation
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0898751926
• ISBN 13: 9780898751925
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 108