The State and Revolution
The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution
Published on 16. January 2024
208 pages
978-1-80429-286-0 (ISBN)
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Lenin's booklet The State and Revolution struck the world of Marxist theory like a lightning bolt. Written in the months running up to the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin turned the traditional socialist concept of the state on its head, arguing for the need to smash the organs of the bourgeois state to create a 'semi-state' of soviets, or workers' councils, in which ordinary people would take on the functions of the state machine in a new and radically democratic manner. This new edition includes a substantial introduction by renowned theorist Antonio Negri, who argues for the continued relevance of these ideas.
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English
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London
United Kingdom
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978-1-80429-286-0 (9781804292860)
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The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution
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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
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- 1. Class Society and the State
- I. The State: A Product of the Irreconcilability of Class Antagonisms
- II. Special Bodies of Armed Men, Prisons, etc.
- III. The State: An Instrument for the Exploitation of the Oppressed Class
- IV. The 'Withering Away' of the State, and Violent Revolution
- 2. The Experience of 1848-51
- I. The Eve of Revolution
- II. The Revolution Summed Up
- III. The Presentation of the Question by Marx in 1852
- 3. Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871: Marx's Analysis
- I. What Made the Communards' Attempt Heroic?
- II. What Is to Replace the Smashed State Machine?
- III. Abolition of Parliamentarism
- IV. Organization of National Unity
- V. Abolition of the Parasite State
- 4. Supplementary Explanations by Engels
- I. The Housing Question
- II. Controversy with the Anarchists
- III. Letter to Bebel
- IV. Criticism of the Draft of the Erfurt Programme
- V. The 1891 Preface to Marx's The Civil War in France
- VI. Engels on the Overcoming of Democracy
- 5. The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State
- I. Presentation of the Question by Marx
- II. The Transition from Capitalism to Communism
- III. The First Phase of Communist Society
- IV. The Higher Phase of Communist Society
- 6. The Vulgarization of Marxism by Opportunists
- I. Plekhanov's Controversy with the Anarchists
- II. Kautsky's Controversy with the Opportunists
- III. Kautsky's Controversy with Pannekoek
- Postscript to the First Edition
- Notes
