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Essay on Lenin
This book “What is to be done?" really captures the essence of Lenin’s thoughts and philosophy. His most famous piece: "What is to be done?" captures the turmoil that was swirling around socialism during that time and especially in Russia. His theory on the development of the class conscious and importance of professional revolutionaries were amazing and showed the vision that this genius held. It is really sad that someone such as Stalin had to destroy something as pure and just as the work of Lenin, Marx, and true socialism.
The need for the over throws of the royal family and the current political system of Russia. Also the theories of the revolutionary newspaper, information, and what revolutionaries should do for the movement (Vladimir, 33).
A very thick little book
The major flaw is the fact that one must work very hard to figure out what Lenin is trying to say. There is so much diversion and unclear thinking that one is not surprised to find out that Lenin never dreamed of seeing the revolution within his own life time. He must have thought that nobody would be able to get through his book before he would die of very old age.
It is only interesting for the sake of political history and revolutionary theory alone. Nobody in their right mind would read this book unless they were being required to do so. On the other hand, they might just be happy that they had been forced to read this book, because there really is a lot there (if you are willing to dig far enough) (Vladimir, 33).
Lenin wrote The State and Revolution as the task of achieving socialism in modern industrial society. He focused on the relationship between the state and classes both in the past and in the future.....
