Lenin on the State and Revolution

Author: Lenin
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Publish Date: 1992-02-01
Features: The State and Revolution is a classic work that systematically elaborates on Marxist theories of the state, written between August and September 1917. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, capitalism entered the stage of imperialism worldwide, and the inherent contradictions of capitalism deepened and intensified. These contradictions could only be fundamentally resolved through the proletarian revolution. The rapid development of social productive forces and the highly concentrated form of monopolistic economies in the imperialist era created material prerequisites for socialism. As Lenin said, imperialism was the eve of the socialist revolution of the proletariat. The First World War, which broke out in 1914, caused severe damage to the economies of various countries and brought people immense suffering. The unprecedented oppression and exploitation during the war forced the proletariat and laboring masses to rise in struggle. Revolutionary situations emerged in many European countries, and the conditions for the proletariat to stage a revolution became increasingly mature. The State and Revolution represents a major contribution by Lenin to the development of Marxist theories of the state. The fundamental principles of the proletarian revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat expounded in the book not only educated the Bolshevik Party in Russia and the broad laboring masses, providing them with a powerful ideological weapon to establish a socialist state, but also held significant guiding meaning for proletarian parties in other countries to unite with their specific national realities to solve their own revolutionary problems. After the October Revolution, Lenin summarized the practical experience of the dictatorship of the proletariat and socialist construction in Russia, made new theoretical generalizations, and further developed the ideas in The State and Revolution. Lenin consistently adhered to Marxism, fought against distortions from all sides without compromise, while also summarizing the experience of mass revolutionary practice to continuously enrich and develop Marxist theory, setting an exemplary model for us.