Lenin as Philosopher - Softcover

Pannekoek, Anton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850361869 ISBN 13: 9780850361865

Publisher: Merlin Press, 1975

Synopsis

First published in 1938 by a leader of the Council Communism movement, Anton Pannekoek's Lenin as Philosopher offers a classic left-wing interpretation and critique of Lenin's philosophical accomplishment and its relationship to the development of Leninism as perhaps the dominant political theory of the twentieth century. Providing a detailed discussion of the philosophical background to the Machist controversy which occasioned Lenin's Materialism and Empirio criticism, Pannekoek's study still stands as one of the most forceful and politically astute discussions of the topic available. Published here for the first time in an annotated and scholarly edition, this masterpiece of Marxist criticism is accompanied by a lengthy new introduction expanding and assessing Pannekoek's discussion and arguing for the continuing relevance of Lenin's thought for Marxism in the new millenium.

About this title

About the Author:

Pannekoek was the main theoretician of Left Communism. He lived and worked in workers' councils from China to Germany over the first half of the century and militantly fought in working class struggles all his life. He wrote Workers' Councils while living under Nazi occupation in Holland during World War II.

Language Notes:

Text: English, German (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Merlin Press
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0850361869
• ISBN 13: 9780850361865
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136