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Condition
New
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
5.5 x 0.38 x 8.5 in
Weight
10.2 oz
Publisher
Echo Point Books & Media
Publication date
June 12, 2020
Edition
Reprint, Enhanced ed.

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Echo Point Books & Media's enhanced edition of Lenin's State and Revolution is the only version that includes an index of the contents of this classic (for paperback edition with an index, search for ISBN 163561970X). Created from a combination of sophisticated proprietary software and editorial review, our unique (copyrighted) index is a valuable addition to this important work. As every experienced reader knows, an index is a helpful resource for more efficient, insightful reading, and a useful aid for research.Lenin's original work on class-based revolution.In 1917, in the midst of two revolutions, Vladimir Ilich Lenin fled Russia for fear of persecution by the government. While in exile, he began work on one of his most important works, State and Revolution, an attempt to resurrect the purity of Marx's and Engels's socialist teachings, which Lenin claimed were subsumed and weakened by reformists who reduced the "great revolutionaries" into "harmless icons." In State and Revolution, Lenin posits that the traditional role of the state in society is to maintain the control of the powerful, thus enabling the rich to exploit the poor. Because the ruling class will never willingly give up their political influence, social democracy-including parliamentary elections-is a false promise, and only results in a new crop of rich overlords lining up to "repress and crush the people." The sole way to bring true freedom and self- determination to all citizens, and throw off the "yoke of capitalism," is through Communist revolution-to "smash the state." As a result, the state would "wither away," and its bureaucrats would perform the will of the proletariat. This seminal work provides a practical application of socialist principles and it has greatly influenced theories of global capitalist development. Italian philosopher Lucio Colletti called State and Revolution "Lenin's greatest contribution to political theory."To deepen your understanding of Lenin's arguments in State and Revolution, you may also wish to read his treatise on the relationship between capitalism and colonialism; Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism. Enhanced edition with index published by Echo Point Books (hardcover ISBN 1635617278; paperback ISBN 1635617197). Read more

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Publisher Echo Point Books & Media
Publication date June 12, 2020
Edition Reprint, Enhanced ed.
Language English
Print length 110 pages
ISBN-10 1635618924
ISBN-13 21
Item Weight 10.2 ounces

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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2026 by Tyler

An Interesting Historical Account
Format: Paperback
This review is not to rant about how I feel about the author or the book’s contents, it’s to say that I was satisfied with the book quality and how it was formatted. Regardless of how you feel on Leninism or Socialist ideals, I believe reading this will give you a better understanding of their perspectives. For example, even today in modern America, I believe some of his points remain relevant. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2021 by Justice Hammer

More of the reasons communism doesn't work.
Format: Paperback
Lenin basically regurgitates Marx's idealistic tripe, while adding to it to ensure the complete ruin of his beloved Russia for the sake of communism. A serious minded reader with any knowledge of the benefits of capitalism, and individual freedoms will instantly reject these ideas for the nonsense they are. Without capitalism, communism can not exist, as it works on the back of capitalism in order to fund itself. These ideas are all contradicted in the very writings of Marx , and Lenin because as they apply a principle of communism, they must then alter their principles to make the new idea work within the communist ideal, which of course as usual contradicts the new idea. It's amazing double talk. Keep in mind, Lenin was stripped of power and became THE figurehead of communism, while at the same time he was being shut down, and silenced, as the new ideas again conflicted with the communist "model" for utopian life. Enter Stalin and the worst oppression of Russia ever, in the name of communism. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023 by R

Good read.
Format: Paperback
The book is larger than most reprints of political books of the time. Print is clean and sharp. State and Revolution is a fascinating read. The translation is good and allows the ideas inside to flow. You don't have to be a Communist to get something out of this book, and if read with the historical context in mind a lot of what is said makes sense for that time and place. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2021 by B & T

Mainly Revolution
I purchased and read this book after reading the Communist Manifesto and Capital by Karl Marx. I was trying to get my head around the Marxist world view, since I basically found myself agreeing with with most of what I was reading. I've heard terrible things about Lenin and wanted to find out from the "horses mouth" exactly what he was up to. I found "State and Revolution" to be very informative as to what revolution is all about and also a lot of my questions about Marxism were answered. I wold recommend this book for anyone who has questions about Marxism in practice, since Lenin was the leader of the first trully Marxist government. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2011 by Teghz

Rebirth of marxism from what the menshivics had perverted it into.
This pamphlet was written to argue that the capitalist state was not an even handed organization. That it did not stand above the class struggle but in fact it was a way to keep the capitalists in power and mute or strangle the class struggle to the advantage of the capitalists. That the organs of class power (government) are connected to the class in power. As such the state represent a class no matter how democratic it may currently appear. The workers and famers cannot reform the old capitalist state they must smash it and set up a new state who's purpose will be to prevent remnants of the old state and any other invading capitalist states army from taking back state power. Reformers such as Socialist Leader Norman Thomas, a self proclaimed pacifist, claimed you could go to sleep in a capitalist world and wake up the next day in a Socialist world. In fact we would like to take power peacefully however the capitalist state stands in the way of doing so as seen in every working class effort to take power. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2014 by K O'Brien

Essential read
Format: Hardcover
A classic read from the insight of Lenin not just as a critique on the state, but on Marx and Engels as well. Ironic that I bought it from an Amazon warehouse, but gives reading this a good nuanced perspective in a way.
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2023 by Riley

Another brilliant masterpiece
Written exactly as the events were unfolding in Petrograd and elsewhere in Russia, this book is virtually dedicated to the denunciations of so-called "revolutionaries" who had in the past and in the 1 917 present watered down Marxism into a virtual collaboration with the bourgeoisie. Lenin also elucidated on what the dictatorship of the proletariat means in Leninist terms, and what the destruction of the capitalist state entails, and should accomplish. Differentiation between the Marxist and anarchist views of these things also clarified. Great companion to "What is to Be Done" and "Imperiaism the highest stage of capitalism." Highly recommended ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2018 by JohnnyPrestomatic74
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