Leninism under Lenin

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In this comprehensive and dynamic Deutscher Prize winning work, Liebman rises about the dogmatism and sterility that plague most appraisals of Lenin, and persuasively makes the case that the Russian Revolutionary's political ideas have an enduring relevance for today's activists.

Marcel Liebman was a historian of socialism and of communism.

Author Bios

Marcel Liebman was an historian of socialism and of communism. He published a number of well known essays, notably on the Russian Revolution, Leninism and the history of the labour movement in Belgium. He was also an early initiator of Israeli-Palestinian dialogue. Liebman was active at the Université Libre de Bruxell

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Publication date: January 17, 2017

Reviews

"I have not yet come across anything which captures so well the complexities of Lenin's positions, or which does so with anything like the same combination of commitment and detachment."
—Ralph Miliband

“From Leninism Under Lenin there emerges a living and eminently revolutionary Lenin, not a 'blunted’ one — that is, a Lenin who sometimes hesitates and makes mistakes, who seeks his way forward with the help of theory, which is not a ready-made answer to every problem…. There is a striking similarity with the masterly biography of Trotsky by Isaac Deutscher.”
—Ernest Mandel
"I have not yet come across anything which captures so well the complexities of Lenin's positions, or which does so with anything like the same combination of commitment and detachment."
Ralph Miliband

From Leninism Under Lenin there emerges a living and eminently revolutionary Lenin, not a 'blunted’ one that is, a Lenin who sometimes hesitates and makes mistakes, who seeks his way forward with the help of theory, which is not a ready-made answer to every problem. There is a striking similarity with the masterly biography of Trotsky by Isaac Deutscher.”
Ernest Mandel

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