Deutscher, Lenin and the East-European Perspectives PDF On the History of the Theory of Socialism

The article introduces the reception of Isaac Deutscher’s work in Eastern Europe in a historical context and shows how deeply this reception was connected to the various transformations of the system, which had been established after the victory of the Russian October Revolution. The author gives a...

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Published in:Historical materialism : research in critical Marxist theory 2017-01, Vol.25 (2), p.3
Main Author: Krausz, Tamás
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Expectations
Historical development
Marxist analysis
Socialism
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Summary:The article introduces the reception of Isaac Deutscher’s work in Eastern Europe in a historical context and shows how deeply this reception was connected to the various transformations of the system, which had been established after the victory of the Russian October Revolution. The author gives a Marxist analysis of the historical development of state socialism and the various changes in Eastern-European Marxist thought which accompanied this history. He belongs to that school of thought which defines this system as state socialism, and he gives a theoretical analysis of its main characteristics, adding that 1989 failed to fulfil the expectations and hopes of many Western and Eastern-European Marxists.
ISSN:1465-4466
1569-206X