
State and Revolution
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Lenin wrote State and Revolution in 1917, while he was hiding from the Russian secret police. The book describes the inherent nature of the State as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class's desire to control all other social classes.
Drawing on detailed quotes from Karl Marx and Friedrick Engels, Lenin lays down a Marxist view of the state, describes how a working-class revolution will overthrow it, and goes further in showing how social democracy is not enough-even in democratic republics such as those enjoyed by many western countries today, the ruling class is still in control of society, and will never relinquish power. According to Lenin, a Communist revolution is the only remedy for class struggle.
This work by Lenin is important to communist thinking and the Marxist concept of the state which is clearly and concisely expressed in this book. Without doubt this is a classic work and will give the reader important concepts in the theory of Marxist-Leninism.
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Content
- Intro
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- Class Society and the State
- 1. The State: A Product of the Irreconcilability of Class Antagonisms
- 2. Special Bodies of Armed Men, Prisons, etc.
- 3. The State: an Instrument for the Exploitation of the Oppressed Class
- 4. The "Withering Away" of the State, and Violent Revolution
- Chapter 2
- The Experience of 1848-51
- 1. The Eve of Revolution
- 2. The Revolution Summed Up
- 3. The Presentation of the Question by Marx in 1852
- Chapter 3
- Experience of the Paris Commune of 1871. Marx's Analysis
- 1. What Made the Communards' Attempt Heroic?
- 2. What is to Replace the Smashed State Machine?
- 3. Abolition of Parliamentarism
- 4. Organisation of National Unity
- 5. Abolition of the Parasite State
- Chapter 4
- Supplementary Explanations by Engels
- 1. The Housing Question
- 2. Criticism of the Draft of the Erfurt Programme
- Chapter 5
- The Economic Basis of the Withering Away of the State
- 1. Presentation of the Question by Marx
- 2. The Transition from Capitalism to Communism
- 3. The First Phase of Communist Society
- 4. The Higher Phase of Communist Society
- Chapter 6
- The Vulgarisation of Marxism by Opportunists
- 1. Plekhanov's Controversy with the Anarchists
- 2. Kautsky's Controversy with the Opportunists
- 3. Kautsky's Controversy with Pannekoek
- Post Script
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