Name: State and Revolution Lenin: Enhanced Edition With Index
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Author: Vladimir Ilich Lenin
ISBN: 9781635619706

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State and Revolution Lenin: Enhanced Edition With Index

Type

Physical Book

Author

Vladimir Ilich Lenin

Publisher

Echo Point Books & Media

Year

2020

Language

English

Pages

110

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781635619706

Synopsis "State and Revolution Lenin: Enhanced Edition With Index "

Echo Point Books & Media's enhanced edition of Lenin's State and Revolution is the only version that includes an index of the contents of this classic (for hardcover edition with an index, search for ISBN 1635618924). Created from a combination of sophisticated proprietary software and editorial review, our unique (copyrighted) index is a valuable addition to this important work. As every experienced reader knows, an index is a helpful resource for more efficient, insightful reading, and a useful aid for research. Lenin's Original Work on Class-based RevolutionIn 1917, in the midst of two revolutions, Vladimir Ilich Lenin fled Russia for fear of persecution by the government. While in exile, he began work on one of his most important works, State and Revolution, an attempt to resurrect the purity of Marx's and Engels's socialist teachings, which Lenin claimed were subsumed and weakened by reformists who reduced the "great revolutionaries" into "harmless icons." In State and Revolution, Lenin posits that the traditional role of the state in society is to maintain the control of the powerful, thus enabling the rich to exploit the poor. Because the ruling class will never willingly give up their political influence, social democracy-including parliamentary elections-is a false promise, and only results in a new crop of rich overlords lining up to "repress and crush the people." The sole way to bring true freedom and self-determination to all citizens, and throw off the "yoke of capitalism," is through Communist revolution-to "smash the state." As a result, the state would "wither away," and its bureaucrats would perform the will of the proletariat. This seminal work provides a practical application of socialist principles and it has greatly influenced theories of global capitalist development. Italian philosopher Lucio Colletti called State and Revolution "Lenin's greatest contribution to political theory." To deepen your understanding of Lenin's arguments in State and Revolution, you may also wish to read his treatise on the relationship between capitalism and colonialism; Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. Enhanced edition with index published by Echo Point Books (hardcover ISBN 1635617278; paperback ISBN 1635617197).

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Vladimir Ilich Uliánov —conocido mundialmente como Lenin— nació en 1870 y marcó el rumbo político del siglo XX con una mezcla de rigor teórico y olfato estratégico que pocos han igualado. Fue el principal arquitecto de la Revolución de Octubre y el fundador del Estado soviético, impulsando una lectura combativa del marxismo que buscaba llevar la teoría directamente a la práctica. Su estilo, directo y sin concesiones, lo convirtió en una figura que todavía provoca discusiones encendidas.

Además de su actividad política, dejó una obra escrita extensa y verificable, donde analiza desde la organización del partido hasta la economía global. Entre sus textos más influyentes destaca El imperialismo: fase superior del capitalismo, un ensayo que disecciona con precisión quirúrgica la expansión económica mundial de su época. También aportó obras como ¿Qué hacer? y El Estado y la revolución, fundamentales para entender la estructura y la lógica de su proyecto político.

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