Lenin Lives?

Lenin's life and career are examined, including his rise from a middle-class background to become the leader of the largest country on earth, his influence on a disparate world revolutionary movement, and his controversial reputation. Despite his critics, Lenin has had a tendency to rise from apparent decline and oblivion to renewed force and influence, and his ideas on the role of the revolutionary party continue to shape political movements worldwide.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Lenin, a figure who lived a contentious life and has garnered a highly controversial reputation in the centenary since his passing on January 21, 1924, is a subject of significant interest. His remarkable journey from a conventional, educated, provincial, and middle-class background to assuming the leadership, even dictatorship, over the largest country on earth is a dramatic and pivotal aspect of his story. However, it merely scratches the surface of his remarkable life. Even after his demise, Lenin remained unrivaled as the primary inspiration behind a diverse global revolutionary movement that exerted a profound impact on the dominant capitalist world for the majority of the 20th century. Intellectual and cultural luminaries, including Brecht, Picasso, Sartre, Franz Fanon, and Pablo Neruda, as well as disparate radical activists and revolutionaries such as Ho Chi Minh, Joseph Stalin, Mao Ze dong, Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Josip Broz Tito, terrorist groups like the Red Brigades and Baader-Meinhof, and numerous liberation movements, counted themselves among his admirers and disciples.

Despite this widespread acclaim, Lenin's work and influence have frequently been dismissed as outdated and irrelevant, with many contemporary perspectives considering them as such. Lenin, like his mentor Marx, has a remarkable ability to emerge from apparent decline and obscurity, reclaiming renewed force and influence. This study aims to examine the critical aspects of Lenin's life and career, the consolidation of his ideas into the doctrines of Leninism, the global influence of Leninism in fostering revolutionary movements, and the ongoing debate surrounding the relevance of his ideas in the present day.

In particular, this account delves into Lenin's views on the role of the revolutionary party, often regarded as the centerpiece of his theory and practice. By exploring the root of Lenin's global influence, this account identifies the fundamental reason behind his profound impact on the world stage.

Lenin's life and career were marked by a series of significant events and developments. Born in Simbirsk, Russia, in 1870, Lenin was the youngest child of a lawyer and a devout Christian. He received a solid education in law and philosophy, which would later shape his political ideas and worldview. Lenin's political awakening.

Weight: 394g
Dimension: 223 x 140 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198866084