Lenin

After Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin 1870 1924 is the man most associated with communism and its influence and reach around the world Lenin was the leader of the communist Bolshevik party during the October 1917 revolution in Russia, and he subsequently headed the Soviet state until 1924, bringing stability to the region and establishing a socialist economic and political system.In Lenin, Lars T Lih presents a striking new interpretation of Lenin s political beliefs and strategies Until now, Lenin has been portrayed as a pessimist with a dismissive view of the revolutionary potential of the workers However, Lih reveals that underneath the sharp polemics, Lenin was actually a romantic enthusiast rather than a sour pragmatist, one who imposed meaning on the whirlwind of events going on around him This concise and unique biography is based on wide ranging new research that puts Lenin into the context both of Russian society and of the international socialist movement of the early twentieth century It also sets the development of Lenin s political outlook firmly within the framework of his family background and private life In addition, the book s images, which are taken from contemporary photographs, posters, and drawings, illustrate the features of Lenin s world and time.A vivid, non ideological portrait, Lenin is an essential look at one of the key figures of modern history. Download Lenin – kino-fada.fr .the biography seems somewhat abstract because it is based on what Lars T Lih calls Lenin s heroic scenario , so it s all somewhat subordinated to that scheme but still not a bad bookDet finns m nga biografier ver Lenin, av varierande omfattning De tenderar att antingen vara hagiografier ver marxismens store utvecklare eller anklagelseakter mot en psykiskt st rd tyrann, allt efter f rfattarens inst llning till Lenin och st llning i klasskampen Lars T Lihs lilla bok om Lenin r ingen hyllningsskrift, men tillh r nd de som har en positiv grundinst llning till sitt mne Lih tar i boken p sig uppgifte...To write an objective and neutral biography of Lenin is an impossible task, he was not a neutral figure Neither his thinking, nor his life, are objectively analyzable, as he was always seeking out one end the communist revolution in everything he said and did And to this degree, the idea that Lenin was an unprincipled pragmatist is demonstrable false, he had one principle to be sure.Lars Lih is no Leninist, nor probably a socialist As far as I know he comes from Duke University and used t To write an objective and neutral biography of Lenin is an impossible task, he was not a neutral figure Neither his thinking, nor his life, are objectively analyzable, as he was always seeking out one end the communist revolution in everything he said and did And to this degree, the idea that Lenin was an unprincipled pragmatist is demonstrable false, he had one...Lenin by Lars T Lih is a modern classic on the politics of the communist leader and intellectual, Lenin Lih presents several new insights on Lenin s socialist vision Controversy, the author argues that Lenin stayed true to the traditions and principles of revolutionary social democracy, and remained a devotee of Marxism a la Karl Kautsky This was despite Lenin eventually viewing the pope of Marxism Kautsky as a renegade who betrayed his own principles Lenin has two main weaknesses Fi Lenin by Lars T Lih is a modern classic on the politics of the communist leader and intellectual, Lenin Lih presents several new insights on Lenin s socialist vision Controversy, the author argues that Lenin stayed true to the traditions and principles of revolutionary social democracy, and remained a devotee of Marxism a la Karl Kautsky This was despite Lenin eventually viewing the pope of Marxism Kautsky as a renegade who betrayed his own principles Lenin has two main weaknesses First, Lih shows a lack of understanding of Lenin s concept of the state, and how Lenin s conception of the class nature of a post Czarist state in Russia did undergo a transformation Second, Lih ignores Lenin s interest ...Entertaining page turner, breaks down modern misconceptions of Lenin and provides a well of historical context from which to draw understanding.Lars Lih, Lenin Criticals Lives Reaktion Books 2011 Lih s Lenin Rediscovered What Is To Be Done in Context Haymarket Books 2008 is known for contextualizing and detailing the meaning of What Is To Be Done in long term context Lin is also contextualizing Lenin here, in terms of his relationship to Kautsky, his development of a heroic theory of revolution, and the exact nature of the party In such a brief book, this remains largely a intellectual biography that takes a thematic birds eye Lars L...A lot of good information to dispel common myths and misconceptions about Lenin One of the largest of these notions is the idea that Lenin was plagued by a pessimistic concern about workers I ve frequently heard people make claims such as Lenin considered the workers too stupid as an explanation of why he cared about a revolutionary vanguard To his credit, Lih tears down this myth repeatedly, in lockstep with Lenin s actions year after year as they harshly contradict this simplistic asserti A lot of good information to dispel common myths and misconceptions about Lenin One of the largest of these notions is the idea that Lenin was plagued by a pessimistic concern about workers I ve frequently heard people make claims such as Lenin considered the workers too stupid as an explanation of why he cared about a revolutionary vanguard To his credit, Lih tears down this myth repeatedly, in lockstep with Lenin s actions year after year as they harshly contradict this simplistic assertion In contrast, Lih describes what he calls Lenin s heroic scenario of class leadership a scenario which is not too pessimistic, but too optimistic Lih tells us in the assumptions it makes about mobilizing the masses of humanity in struggle against capitalism Both strands of anti Leninism are wrong The biggest defect in this book is that Lenin is made into a re...I am enjoying this book, but within the space of two pages the author compares the Russian social democratic party to a character in buffy the vampire slayer and then talks about a knot of Damocles it s a Gordion knot or a sword...A brilliant revisionist take on the guiding passions and abiding goals of Lenin s intellectual and political career While its brevity precludes sustained engagement with other scholarship on Lenin, Lih gives enough of a sense of where he is making original or revisi...

• English
• 12 October 2017
Lars T. Lih
• Paperback
• 235 pages
• 1861897936
• Lars T. Lih
• Lenin