Lenninism

Leninism is here presented as precocious totalitarianism and it is consequently to Lenin's early account of party organisation (written in 1902) that most commentators turn in their quest for the origins of Leninism.

is a reaction to imperialism that urges the destruction of the nation state which had finally demonstrated itself to be radically at odds with the goals of securing peace or freedom in the world.

It was, oddly enough, precisely the analysis of the threatening totalitarianism of the imperialist state that prompted Lenin, in 1917, to urge the destruction of the nation state, for the reason that it had finally demonstrated itself to be radically at odds with the goals of securing peace or freedom in the world.

is a set of organizational precepts and mobilizing devices presided over by a centralized and disciplined political party.

As with the man, so with the doctrine. As Lenin is presented as an adroit power-seeking opportunist, so Leninism is conceived of as an organisational code a set of organisational precepts and mobilising devices presided over by a centralised and disciplined political party.

is expressly confrontational. It sets out to polarize, not conciliate, and strives to assault the shared discourse of european politics.

Leninism, as we have seen, was directly and expressly confrontational in is style. It set out to polarise, not conciliate. Its object was precisely to assault the shared discourse of European politics.

is marxism of the era of imperialism and the proletarian revolution.

Leninism is Marxism of the era of imperialism and the proletarian revolution. Joseph Stalin

is not just the sum of lenin's thoughts, rather, it is a theory (i.e. Explanation of society) and set of tactics (i.e. Political action) in the era of imperialism and of the proletarian revolution.

As such, it is much more than the sum of Lenin's thoughts: it is an approach to politics and society. In this sense, Stalin described Leninism as 'Marxism in the era of imperialism and of the proletarian revolution. . . Leninism is the theory and tactics of the proletariat in particular' (Stalin 1934: 10)

is often thought to be concerned very little with theory and to be distinctive primarily because of its 'modern' grasp of the persuasive power of propaganda and the manipulative potential of front organizations to mobilize the masses.

There is, in many Western accounts, an over-determined description of the genesis of Leninism that distorts the historical record, ignores the bulk of Lenin's early writings or trivializes their content. In these conventional and undemanding interpretations, Leninism is not much concerned with theory but is distinctive because of its 'modern' grasp of the persuasive power of propaganda and the manipulative potential of front organisations to mobilise the masses.

is responsible for adding a dimension of political action to marx, who formulated laws of history.

Marx might be regarded as formulating laws of history while Lenin concentrated on political action though he himself amended Marx's laws in the process. Lenin added a dimension of the theory of political action to Marxism.

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