Terrorism and Communism (Revolutions): A Reply to Karl Kautsky - Softcover

Leon Trotsky; Slavoj Zizek

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184467178X ISBN 13: 9781844671786

Publisher: Verso, 2007

Synopsis

In this volume, in the new "Revolutions" series, Slavoj Zizek argues that Trotsky's attack on the illusions of democracy has a vital relevance today. Soon after the Bolshevik victory in the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky led the Red Army against the counter-revolutionary White armies. Written in the white heat of the Civil War, "Terrorism and Communism" is one of the most potent defences of revolutionary dictatorship of the twentieth century. In his provocative commentary in this new edition, the coruscating critic Slavoj Zizek argues that Trotsky's attack on the illusions of democracy has a vital relevance to today.

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About the Author

Slavoj Zizek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic. He is a professor at the European Graduate School, International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, and a senior researcher at the Institute of Sociology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184467178X
• ISBN 13: 9781844671786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160