
Imperialism and the National Question
V. I. Lenin(Author)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 16. January 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-80429-271-6 (ISBN)
Description
Fired up by the outbreak of the First World War and outraged by the capitulation of most socialist parties to the demands of national bourgeoisies, Lenin sought to understand the deeper roots of the crisis of the world movement. The result was Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, which went on to become a core text for the international communist movement. But Lenin also sought to break with the Eurocentrism of the socialist movement, which tended to look down with disdain at or simply reject struggles for self-determination, especially among colonized peoples.
This volume, with an introduction by the renowned abolitionist and anti-imperialist theorist Ruth Wilson Gilmore, brings together the texts on imperialism and those on the national question to provide a window into Lenin's global vision of revolution.
This volume, with an introduction by the renowned abolitionist and anti-imperialist theorist Ruth Wilson Gilmore, brings together the texts on imperialism and those on the national question to provide a window into Lenin's global vision of revolution.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80429-271-6 (9781804292716)
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Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by the alias Lenin (1870-1924), was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He played a leading role in the Bolshevik revolution of October 1917 and was one of the founders of the new revolutionary state.
Content
Introduction by Ruthie Wilson Gilmore
Critical Remarks on the National Question (1913)
The Right of Nations to Self-Determination (1914)
The Revolutionary Proletariat and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination (1915)
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: A Popular Outline (1916)
The Discussion on Self-Determination Summed Up (1916)
Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions for The Second Congress of The Communist International (1920)
Memo Combatting Dominant Nation Chauvinism (1922)
The Question of Nationalities or 'Autonomisation' (1922)
Notes
Critical Remarks on the National Question (1913)
The Right of Nations to Self-Determination (1914)
The Revolutionary Proletariat and the Right of Nations to Self-Determination (1915)
Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: A Popular Outline (1916)
The Discussion on Self-Determination Summed Up (1916)
Draft Theses on National and Colonial Questions for The Second Congress of The Communist International (1920)
Memo Combatting Dominant Nation Chauvinism (1922)
The Question of Nationalities or 'Autonomisation' (1922)
Notes