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Lenin's Terror - The Ideological Origins of Early Soviet State Violence (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,697
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Lenin's Terror - The Ideological Origins of Early Soviet State Violence (Paperback): James Ryan

Lenin's Terror - The Ideological Origins of Early Soviet State Violence (Paperback)

James Ryan

Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series

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This book explores the development of Lenin s thinking on violence throughout his career, from the last years of the Tsarist regime in Russia through to the 1920s and the New Economic Policy, and provides an important assessment of the significance of ideological factors for understanding Soviet state violence as directed by the Bolshevik leadership during its first years in power. It highlights the impact of the First World War, in particular its place in Bolshevik discourse as a source of legitimating Soviet state violence after 1917, and explains the evolution of Bolshevik dictatorship over the half decade during which Lenin led the revolutionary state. It examines the militant nature of the Leninist worldview, Lenin s conception of the revolutionary state, the evolution of his understanding of "dictatorship of the proletariat," and his version of "just war." The book argues that ideology can be considered primarily important for understanding the violent and dictatorial nature of the early Soviet state, at least when focused on the party elite, but it is also clear that ideology cannot be understood in a contextual vacuum. The oppressive nature of Tsarist rule, the bloodiness of the First World War, and the vulnerability of the early Soviet state as it struggled to survive against foreign and domestic opponents were of crucial significance. The book sets Lenin s thinking on violence within the wider context of a violent world. "

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Release date: July 2014
First published: 2012
Authors: James Ryan
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-81568-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Political control & influence > Political oppression & persecution > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 1-138-81568-3
Barcode: 9781138815681

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