03826cam a2200445 i 4500 18805529 BD-DhUL 20170720102137.0 151002s2016 ii b 001 0deng 2015038435 9789350024188 DLC eng DLC rda DLC BD-DhUL pcc e-ur--- DK254.L46 L314 2015 324.247 23 Blanc, Paul Le 1947- author. Lenin and the revolutionary party / Paul Le Blanc ; introduction by Ernest Mandel. Haymarket Books edition. Chicago, Illinois , Delhi : Haymarket Books; AAKAR, 2016. xxx, 381 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Published 1993 by Humanity Books in New York"--Title page verso. Bibliography : p. 353-368 Includes bibliographical references and index Note to the Haymarket Books edition -- 1. Introduction: Authentic Leninism -- What Leninism is not -- A living organism and phases of development -- 2. The context of Lenin's early organizational perspectives -- Dimensions of Lenin's activity -- Lenin's programmatic orientation -- Ferment in the Russian working class -- 3. Revolutionary program, cohesive organization -- Organizational implications of revolutionary program -- Adapting to Russian conditions -- 4. The birth of Leninism -- What is to be done? -- The stormy beginning of Bolshevism -- 5. Questions and problems -- Luxemburg and Lenin -- Revolutionary committees distinct from the workers -- Was the Bolshevik/Menshevik split "unprincipled"? -- 6. The test of revolution -- The revolutionary program -- Revolution without Bolsheviks? -- The party broadens -- 7. The meaning of democratic centralism -- Democratic centralism in the RSDLP -- Democratic centralism in the bolshevik party -- Lenin's "iron grip" -- 8. Preparing for revolution -- Overcoming ultraleftism -- Philosophy and revolutionary program -- The Bolsheviks become a party -- 9. The almost-revolution -- Worker-Bolsheviks -- The upsurge -- 10. Party and war -- Revolutionary internationalism -- The actuality of world revolution -- How the party functioned -- 11. Party and revolution -- Overthrowing Tsarism but not taking power -- Reorientation -- Diversity and discipline -- Party and masses in the workers' revolution -- 12. After taking power -- State, revolution, and socialist democracy -- Crisis of Bolshevism -- Communist International -- A note on Lenin's authority -- Bureaucratization after Lenin -- The fate of the Comintern -- 13. Conclusion -- Reflections on the Leninist Party -- Problems of Leninism. "This study of Lenin's conception of the revolutionary party, and its place in Marxist thought, gives a vibrant sense of the historical context--both Russian and international--in which Lenin's views were shaped and upon which they had such a profound impact"--Provided by publisher. Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 Political and social views. Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za History. Rossiĭskai︠a︡ sot︠s︡ial-demokraticheskai︠a︡ rabochai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ History. Socialism Russia History. Philosophy, Marxist History. Revolutions Philosophy History. Russia Politics and government 1894-1917. Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936. ddc BK rf14 2015-10-02 rf14 2015-10-02 telework; earlier edition (88018067) classed in JN; updating new edition to class DK xn11 2016-03-04 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 212056 212056 0 0 ddc 0 324_247000000000000 0 NFIC 351188 DUL DUL GEN 2017-06-19 Purchased 324.247 501645 2017-07-20 1 2017-07-20 BK 0 0 ddc 0 324_247000000000000 0 NFIC 351189 DUL DUL GEN 2017-06-19 Purchased 324.247 501646 2017-07-20 2 2017-07-20 BK