The State And Revolution: The Marxist Teaching On The State And The Tasks Of The Proletariat In The Revolution
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Written on the eve of the October Revolution in 1917, The State and Revolution stands as one of the most consequential political texts of the twentieth century, a work in which V. I. Lenin systematically argues that the bourgeois state cannot be reformed but must be smashed and replaced by a transitional proletarian dictatorship — one that will ultimately wither away into a classless, stateless communist society. Drawing extensively on the writings of Marx and Engels, Lenin uncovers the mechanisms by which the state serves as an instrument of class oppression, and details the specific tasks that the revolutionary proletariat must undertake to dismantle that apparatus and construct a new social order in its place. Lenin's prose is combative and urgent, reflecting a thinker writing under clandestine conditions with the full weight of historical urgency pressing upon him; the text reads less like an academic treatise and more like a revolutionary manifesto grounded in rigorous theoretical analysis. This edition, published by Foreign Languages Press in Peking in 1978, situates the work within the broader context of international Marxist-Leninist thought as interpreted and disseminated during that era. A cornerstone of socialist political theory, The State and Revolution continues to provoke debate among political philosophers, historians, and activists alike — leaving the reader to wrestle with Lenin's central, unresolved challenge: what does it truly mean to abolish the state?
Author: V. I. Lenin
Format: Paperback
Published: 1978, Foreign Languages Press
Genre: Politics & law
Edition: 2nd ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Written on the eve of the October Revolution in 1917, The State and Revolution stands as one of the most consequential political texts of the twentieth century, a work in which V. I. Lenin systematically argues that the bourgeois state cannot be reformed but must be smashed and replaced by a transitional proletarian dictatorship — one that will ultimately wither away into a classless, stateless communist society. Drawing extensively on the writings of Marx and Engels, Lenin uncovers the mechanisms by which the state serves as an instrument of class oppression, and details the specific tasks that the revolutionary proletariat must undertake to dismantle that apparatus and construct a new social order in its place. Lenin's prose is combative and urgent, reflecting a thinker writing under clandestine conditions with the full weight of historical urgency pressing upon him; the text reads less like an academic treatise and more like a revolutionary manifesto grounded in rigorous theoretical analysis. This edition, published by Foreign Languages Press in Peking in 1978, situates the work within the broader context of international Marxist-Leninist thought as interpreted and disseminated during that era. A cornerstone of socialist political theory, The State and Revolution continues to provoke debate among political philosophers, historians, and activists alike — leaving the reader to wrestle with Lenin's central, unresolved challenge: what does it truly mean to abolish the state?