Garden City, NY: Dover Publications, 2021. Soft cover. Very Good. (Dover Thrift Editions: Political Science) Clean, tight; highlighting on pp ii & iv; otherwise absolute minimal wear; In The State and Revolution, Lenin's most significant work, he totally rejects the institution of Western democracy and presents his vision of the final perfection of communism. For anyone who seeks to understand the 20th century and the role of communism in the tumultuous political and social movements that have shaped the modern world, this book offers unparalleled insight and understanding.

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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 ... 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. The result, as Robert Service suggests in his stimulating Introduction, is 'a choral ode to action, intolerance, combat and collectivism, the anthem of Bolshevism in its revolutionary era'. Immediately established as a standard text, it was selectively cited by leaders from Stalin to Gorbachev in support of programmes which differed in important ways. As both historical document and political statement, its importance can hardly be exaggerated.

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Bookseller: Werdz Quality Used Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006888
Title: The State and Revolution
Author: Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich
Format/Binding: Soft cover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0486848086
ISBN 13: 9780486848082
Publisher: Dover Publications
Place of Publication: Garden City, NY
Date Published: 2021
Pages: 135
Keywords: IDEAS POLITICAL SCIENCE THEORY POLITICS SOCIALISM DEMOCRACY COMMUNISM REVOLUTION

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