Tamas Krausz , Balint Bethenfalvy (Translator)
Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography
- ISBN 13:
- 9781583674499
- author:
- Tamas Krausz , Balint Bethenfalvy (Translator)
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Monthly Review Press,U.S. First Edition edition
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 544
- Dimensions:
- 16.8 x 3 x 23.6 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Historical, Countries & Regions, Tamas Krausz, Balint Bethenfalvy,Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography,Monthly Review Press,U.S.,1583674497,Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe),20th cent
- Condition:
- New
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Description
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's life and work are crucial to understanding modern history and the socialist movement. However, his enigmatic figure has been subject to superficial analysis or dogmatic treatment for generations. Now, with sober senses trained on his historical context, Tamás Krausz presents a fresh perspective on Lenin in "Reconstructing Lenin". This comprehensive biography reveals Lenin's thought shaped by immediate political events, yet grounded in a coherent theoretical perspective. Krausz balances detailed descriptions of Lenin's time and place with lucid explications of his intellectual development, covering topics such as war and revolution, dictatorship and democracy, and socialism and utopianism. By re-examining Lenin's life and work, "Reconstructing Lenin" offers a nuanced understanding of the man and the movement he represented.
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