State and Revolution - Softcover

Lenin, Vladimir Ilich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1614271925 ISBN 13: 9781614271925

Publisher: Martino Fine Books, 2011

Synopsis

2011 Reprint of 1932 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "State and Revolution" (1917) describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution. It describes the inherent nature of the State as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class's desire to control all other social classes. Whether a dictatorship or a democracy, the State remains in the control of the ruling class. Even in a democratic capitalist republic, the ruling class will never willingly relinquish political power, maintaining it via various strategies. Hence, according to this view, communist revolution is the sole remedy for the abolition of the state.

About this title

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: Martino Fine Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1614271925
• ISBN 13: 9781614271925
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 106