What Lenin's Critics Got Right.

The article presents the author's views on the leadership of Vladimir Ilich Lenin in Russia, highlighting the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolutions in 2017. Topics include the criticisms against Leninism and Bolshevism's mindset, the left-wing principles against Leninism, and Tsarist autocrac...

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Publicado en:Dissent (0012-3846) Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 20 - 32
Autor principal: Cohen, Mitchell
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Pennsylvania Press Fall2017
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Sumario:The article presents the author's views on the leadership of Vladimir Ilich Lenin in Russia, highlighting the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolutions in 2017. Topics include the criticisms against Leninism and Bolshevism's mindset, the left-wing principles against Leninism, and Tsarist autocracy. Also discussed are Lenin's arguments for rejecting social democracy, the differences between the ideas of Lenin and Karl Marx, political liberalization of the autocracy, and Julius Martov's views on the Bolsheviks.