The dilemmas of Lenin : terrorism, war, empire, love, revolution

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Label

The dilemmas of Lenin : terrorism, war, empire, love, revolution

Title remainder

terrorism, war, empire, love, revolution

Statement of responsibility

Tariq Ali

Creator

• Ali, Tariq

Author

• Ali, Tariq

Subject

• Biographies
• Heads of state
• Heads of state -- Soviet Union -- Biography
• History
• Intellectuals
• Intellectuals -- Soviet Union -- Biography
• Lenin, Vladimir Il§ich, 1870-1924
• Lenin, Vladimir Il§ich, 1870-1924
• Lenin, Vladimir Il§ich, 1870-1924 -- Political and social views
• Political and social views
• Politics and government
• Revolutionaries
• 1894-1936
• Revolutions -- Philosophy
• Revolutions -- Philosophy
• Russia
• Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917
• Socialism -- Philosophy
• Socialism -- Philosophy
• Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
• Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1917-1936
• Revolutionaries -- Soviet Union -- Biography
• Biographies

Genre

• History
• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

"Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the October 1917 uprising, is one of the most misunderstood leaders of the twentieth century. In his own time, there were many, even among his enemies, who acknowledged the full magnitude of his intellectual and political achievements. But his legacy has been lost in misinterpretation; he is worshipped but rarely read. On the centenary of the Russian Revolution, Tariq Ali explores the two major influences on Lenin's thought--the turbulent history of Tsarist Russia and the birth of the international labour movement--and explains how Lenin confronted dilemmas that still cast a shadow over the present. Is terrorism ever a viable strategy? Is support for imperial wars ever justified? Can politics be made without a party? Was the seizure of power in 1917 morally justified? Should he have parted company from his wife and lived with his lover? In The Dilemmas of Lenin, Ali provides an insightful portrait of Lenin's deepest preoccupations and underlines the clarity and vigour of his theoretical and political formulations. He concludes with an affecting account of Lenin's last two years, when he realized that 'we knew nothing' and insisted that the revolution had to be renewed lest it wither and die."--Publisher information

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 947.084/1092
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

DK254.L4

LC item number

A719 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography