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{{Italic title}}{{Infobox book|name=The State and Revolution|year=1917|image=File:L'état et la révolution.jpg|image_caption=Front cover to a French edition of ''The State and Revolution''.|author=[[Vladimir Lenin]]|title_orig=Государство и революция|genre=[[Marxism|Marxist]] [[theory]]}}{{library-available}} | |||
{{ | '''''The State and Revolution'''''{{Efn|Full title: '''''The State and the Revolution: The Marxist Doctrine of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution'''''. Russian: '''''Государство и революция. Учение марксизма о государстве и задачи пролетариата в революции'''''.}} is a 1917 [[Theory|theoretical]] work by [[Vladimir Lenin]]. It describes the nature of the [[state]] as an instrument of [[class struggle]] and rule which historically emerged due to the irreconcilability of class contradictions. It further elaborates upon the vainness of [[reformism]],<!-- Reformism in the sense of seeking purely reforms without concern for extra-legal struggle; Marxist–Leninists advocate, in some regards, reforms and participation in bourgeois democracy when the ebb and flow of the revolution demands it. --> the nature of [[bourgeois democracy]], and the need for a [[Dictatorship of the proletariat|revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat]] under [[socialism]].<ref>Vladimir Lenin (1917). [[Library:The State and Revolution|''The State and Revolution'']].</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Withering away of the state|"Withering away of the state"]] | |||
* ''[[What Is to Be Done?]]'' | * ''[[What Is to Be Done?]]'' | ||
* ''[[The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky]]'' | * ''[[The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky]]'' | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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=== Notes === | === Notes === | ||
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[[Category:Works by Vladimir Lenin]] | [[Category:Works by Vladimir Lenin]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 29 March 2025
 Front cover to a French edition of The State and Revolution. | |
| Author | Vladimir Lenin |
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| Original title | Государство и революция |
| Publication year | 1917 |
| Genre | Marxist theory |
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A library version of The State and Revolution is available. |
The State and Revolution[a] is a 1917 theoretical work by Vladimir Lenin. It describes the nature of the state as an instrument of class struggle and rule which historically emerged due to the irreconcilability of class contradictions. It further elaborates upon the vainness of reformism, the nature of bourgeois democracy, and the need for a revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat under socialism.[1]
See also
- "Withering away of the state"
- What Is to Be Done?
- The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade Kautsky
References
- ↑ Vladimir Lenin (1917). The State and Revolution.
Notes
- ↑ Full title: The State and the Revolution: The Marxist Doctrine of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution. Russian: Государство и революция. Учение марксизма о государстве и задачи пролетариата в революции.
