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The Development of the Monist View of History

The Development of the Monist View of History

Plekhanov, Georgii Valetinovich

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General Political ScienceRussian History

ISBN10: 1410203220
ISBN13: 9781410203229
Publisher: Intl Law & Taxation Publ
Published: Dec 16 2002
Pages: 416
Weight: 0.81
Height: 1.03 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The father of Russian Marxism, George Plekhanov (1857-1918) directed most of his writings against the Russian populist movement to which he once belonged. He insisted that although, in principle, in semi-feudal societies such as the Russian, the first revolution would of necessity have to be a capitalist one. However, he noted that bourgeoisie was too weak to bring it about and thus it fell upon the proletariat to conduct both revolutions. However, he condemned the methods of Lenin and the Bolsheviks soon after 1917. In books such as Socialism and the Political Struggle (1883), Our Differences (1884) and On the Development of the Monist View of History (1895), Plekhanov argued that a successful Marxist revolution could only take place after the development of capitalism. According to Plekhanov, it was the industrial proletariat who would bring about a socialist revolution. Plekhanov was strongly opposed to the political views of people who argued that it would be possible for a small group of dedicated revolutionaries to seize power from the Tsar. Plekhanov warned that if this happened, you would replace one authoritarian regime with another and that a socialist caste would take control who impose a system of patriarchal authoritarian communism.

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