The Political Theory of Bolshevism (Hardcover)

THE CONTRADICTORY NATURE OF COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT Written during a tense period of the Cold War, this study observed that Bolshevism was a system that embraces anarchism in theory and totalitarianism in practice. In order to survive the Bolshevist state must obliterate the potentially destabilizing forces inherent in democracy through a party dictatorship that is presented as the political self-determination of a free people. "A deep-cutting analysis of some of the fundamental contradictions in Communist theory and practice, particularly in regard to democracy and the dictatorial function of the state." --Foreign Affairs 27 (1948-49) 679 Possibly the most influential jurisprudent of the twentieth century, Hans Kelsen 1881-1973] was legal adviser to Austria's last emperor and its first republican government, the founder and permanent advisor of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Austria and the author of Austria's Constitution, which was enacted in 1920, abolished during the Anschluss and restored in 1945. He was the author of more than forty books on law and legal philosophy. Active as a teacher in Europe and the United States, he was Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Vienna and taught at the Universities of Cologne and Prague, the Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Harvard, Wellesley, the University of California at Berkeley and the Naval War College.

General

Imprint:	Lawbook Exchange
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Hans Kelsen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	80
ISBN-13:	978-1-58477-764-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Promotions
LSN:	1-58477-764-8
Barcode:	9781584777649

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