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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]]}} | |||
{{ | '''''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]]. | ||
== Further reading == | == Further reading == |
Latest revision as of 02:56, 15 August 2024
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 |
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.
Further reading
- The State and Revolution on the Marxists Internet Archive
See also
References
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.