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The chasm between huge individual wealth and the abject misery of hundreds of millions of people persists and can, in many cases, be said to be widening. The author's view is that the conflict between the rapaciousness of ""the system"" and popular discontent has to provide the conditions for a new social order. Socialism, in some form, argues Silber, is an essential element in a future for the whole human race. This book is an attempt to look at both the doctrines of Marx and Lenin, weighing this against the practice of socialism in the Soviet Union. The author argues that it is now incumbent on those who devoted their lives to socialism to undertake a rigorous analysis of its failure in the USSR and to understand the history and achievements of Soviet socialism.

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Author:   Irwin Silber
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780745307169

ISBN 10:   0745307167
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   20 September 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Origins and Historical Development of Marxism-Leninism; 2. Capitalism on the Rocks; 3. Revolution on the Agenda; 4. Theory and Practice of the Vanguard Party; 5. The Historical Rupture; 6. Actually-existing Socialism; 7. How Marxism-Leninism 'Solved' the National Question; 8. The Singular Omissions of Marxism-Leninism; 9. Proletarian Internationalism and the World Revolutionary Process; 10. Two World Systems; 11. Scientific Socialism - Communist Church; 12. Political Wreckage and Theoretical Vacuum

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Irwin Silber was Cultural Editor and Executive Editor of the New York Guardian and is currently Associate Editor of Crossroads magazine. He has written widely on socialism, as well as American folk music.

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