Marx, Lenin, and the Revolutionary Experience: Studies of Communism and Radicalism in an Age of Globalization

by Le Blanc; Paul

• ISBN13: 9780415979740
• ISBN10: 0415979749
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-15
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Marx, Lenin, and the Revolutionary Experienceoffers a fresh look at Communism, both the bad and good, and also touches on anarchism, Christian theory, conservatism, liberalism, Marxism, and more, to argue for the enduring relevance of Karl Marx, and V.I. Lenin as democratic revolutionaries. It examines the "Red Decade" of the 1930s and the civil rights movement and the New Left of the 1960s in the United States as well. Studying the past to grapple with issues of war and terrorism, exploitation, hunger, ecological crisis, and trends toward deadening "de-spiritualization", the book shows how the revolutionaries of the past are still relevant to today's struggles. It offers a clearly written and carefully reasoned thematic discussion of globalization, Marxism, Christianity (and religion in general), Communism, the history of the USSR and US radical and social movements.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(14)
Chapter 1 Marx's Manifesto after Communism's Collapse	15	(34)
Chapter 2 The Kingdom of God	49	(28)
Chapter 3 Lenin — Who Cares?	77	(24)
Chapter 4 From Lenin to Stalin — and Back	101	(52)
Chapter 5 The Red Decade	153	(48)
Chapter 6 The Anarchist Challenge	201	(22)
Chapter 7 Tree of Life	223	(38)
Endnotes	261	(36)
Bibliography	297	(24)
Index	321