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Lenin wrote this book in 1917, while he was hiding from the Russian secret police.

Lenin wrote this book in 1917, while he was hiding from the Russian secret police. He did this because there was lettle awareness or thought between the state and revolution during the period of the Second International (1889-1914). This work by Lenin is important to communist thinking and the Marxist concept of the state which is clearly and consisely expressed in this book. All through this work Lenin cites and examines Marx and Engle's writings.

Lenin wrote The State and Revolution in August and September 1917, when he was in hiding from persecution of the .

Lenin wrote The State and Revolution in August and September 1917, when he was in hiding from persecution of the Provisional Government. The need for such a theoretical work as this was mentioned by Lenin in the second half of 1916. In it Lenin had collected quotations from the works of Marx and Engels, and extracts from the books by Kautsky, Pannekoek and Bernstein with his own critical notes, conclusions and generalisations. When Lenin left Switzerland for Russia in April 1917, he feared arrest by the Provisional Government and left the manuscript of "Marxism on the State" behind - as it would have been destroyed had he been caught.

The State and Revolution (1917), by Vladimir Lenin, describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the . .

The State and Revolution (1917), by Vladimir Lenin, describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. Lenin began the composition of an early draft of State and Revolution while in exile in Switzerland in 1916, under the title "Marxism on the State".

State and Revolution by . The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution. The question of the state is now acquiring particular importance both in theory and in practical politics.

This powerfully argued book offers both the rationale for the new regime and a wealth of insights into Leninist politics. As both historical document and political statement, its importance can hardly be exaggerated.

The State and Revolution book. Lenin believed in an evolution of the state into a system where the proletariat ruled for themselves and self-policed their affairs. How quickly that thought morphed into dictatorship. Lastly, I wonder very much what Lenin would have to say about the state of affairs in the United States today. It First, allow me to say Lenin is a much, much better writer than Trotsky. Second, Lenin has provided in this work a roadmap to revolution.

The ideas Lenin lays out in State and Revolution were essential to the success of the Russian Revolution, the first time workers took power and built up their own state institutions to deal with the tasks at hand. However, the misunderstandings and distortions of Lenin’s ideas on the state by parties calling themselves socialist contributed to the defeat of revolutions in Spain in the 1930s and Chile in the 1970s.

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