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[[File:L'état et la révolution.jpg|thumb|Front cover of a French edition of ''The State and Revolution''. ]]
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{{Italic title}}'''''The State and the 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]].  
{{Italic title}}'''''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 ==

Revision as of 02:40, 15 August 2024

Front cover of a French edition of The State and Revolution.

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.

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  1. 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.