Werner Bonefeld and Sergio Tischler (eds.): What is to be Done? Leninism, anti-Leninist Marxism and the question of revolution today.
Capital & Class › Nbr. 2004, March 2004
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Werner Bonefeld and Sergio Tischler (eds.): What is to be Done? Leninism, anti-Leninist Marxism and the question of revolution today.
Werner Bonefeld and Sergio Tischler (eds.)
What is to be Done? Leninism, anti-Leninist Marxism and the question of revolution today Ashgate, Aldershot, 2002 ISBN 0-7546-3231-8 (hbk) 46.50 [pounds sterling] What is to be Done?, Lenin's (in)famous instruction manual for professional revolutionaries, was published in 1902. This collection marks its centenary by reassessing the Bolshevik leader and his legacy, and by confronting some of the questions raised by the pamphlet, in particular those of anti-capitalism and revolution. The editors, frank about their own position, suggest that 'Leninism has fallen on hard times--and rightly so. It leaves a hitter taste of a revolution whose heroic struggle turned into a nightmare.' Nevertheless, Lenin's pamphlet may still have something to offer, even if only negatively; the question itself remains as important as ever, although it 'has to mean "what is to he learned?", "what is to be avoided?", and "what ha...See the full content of this document
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