The State and Revolution
 Front cover to a French edition of The State and Revolution. | |
| Author | Vladimir Lenin |
|---|---|
| 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.[1]
Further reading
- The State and Revolution on the Marxists Internet Archive
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. Available on the Marxists Internet Archive.
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.
