Lenin and the End of Politics (Routledge Library Editions: Vladimir Lenin) - Hardcover

Polan, A. J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 113863722X ISBN 13: 9781138637221

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

Originally published in 1984 this book reconsiders the effect of Lenin on the politics and culture of the 20th Century. In a detailed examination of Lenin's famous text, The State and Revolution, the author argues that the peculiar status of this work presents readers with major problems of interpretation and shows how a failure to identify these problems has prevented an adequate understanding of important issues in modern politics, history and social theory. The book compares Lenin's 'radical utopia' with the ideas of politics offered by other theorists, centrally Weber and Sartre, but also writers such as Jefferson and Habermas. This original approach shows the impact of Lenin's text on political history and theory and leads to a new understanding of the connection between revolution and violence, social change and authoritarianism.

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A. J. Polan

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 113863722X
• ISBN 13: 9781138637221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240