UID:
edocfu_9959677629802883
Format:
1 online resource (545 pages).
ISBN:
0-8223-7334-3
Series Statement:
The C.L.R. James archives
Content:
Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the history of revolutions during the interwar period and of the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. James, who was a leading Trotskyist activist in Britain, outlines Russia's transition from Communist revolution to a Stalinist totalitarian state bureaucracy. He also provides an account of the ideological contestations within the Communist International while examining its influence on the development of the Soviet Union and its changing role in revolutions in Spain, China, Germany, and Central Europe. Published to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this definitive edition of World Revolution features a new introduction by Christian Høgsbjerg and includes rare archival material, selected contemporary reviews, and extracts from James's 1939 interview with Trotsky.
Note:
Marxism -- The forerunners of the Third International -- The war and the Russian Revolution -- The failure of the World Revolution and the foundation of the International -- Lenin and socialism -- Stalin and socialism -- Stalin kills the 1923 revolution -- The Kulak and the British General Council -- Stalin ruins the Chinese revolution -- The platform and the five-year plan -- Industry and the plan -- "After Hitler, our turn" -- The great retreat -- The revolution abandoned -- A Fourth International the only hope -- Appendix on Sidney and Beatrice Webb's Soviet Communism.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-6324-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8223-6308-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
DOI:
10.1515/9780822373346
