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Part of Pluto's 21st birthday series Get Political, which brings essential political writing in a range of fields to a new audience. This is an entirely new collection of Lenin's writing. For the first time it brings together crucial shorter works, to show that Lenin held a life-long commitment to freedom and democracy. Le Blanc has written a comprehensive introduction, which gives an accessible overview of Lenin's life and work, and explains his relevance to political thought today. Lenin has been much maligned in the mainstream, accused of viewing 'man as modeling clay' and of 'social engineering of the most radical kind.' However, in contrast to today's world leaders, who happily turn to violence to achieve their objectives, Lenin believed it impossible to reach his goals 'by any other path than that of political democracy.' This collection will be of immense value to students encountering Lenin for the first time, and those looking for a new interpretation of one of the 20th century's most inspiring figures. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The book explores Lenin through large chunks taken from his works. This does give the editor considerable power to select pieces that support his view of the subject but, there is sufficient material directly from Lenin to show that the representation herein does represent his views.
Maybe it is true that, were he to have lived, Russian communism would have turned from the dictatorial style that became so much its calling card. I do think that Stalin was in over his head. There is a distinct air of someone being tough to compensate for lack of status about Stalin and, in Lenin's later works there is evidence that he was aware that too much leadership was coming from the top.
An excellent read and thought provoking. ( )