Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is among the most enigmatic and influential figures of the twentieth century. While his life and work are crucial to any understanding of modern history and the socialist movement; generations of writers on the left and the right have seen fit to embalm him endlessly with superficial analysis or dreary dogma. Now; after the fall of the Soviet Union and “actually-existing†socialism; it is possible to consider Lenin afresh; with sober senses trained on his historical context and how it shaped his theoretical and political contributions. Reconstructing Lenin; four decades in the making and now available in English for the first time; is an attempt to do just that. Tamás Krausz; an esteemed Hungarian scholar writing in the tradition of György Lukács; Ferenc Tokei; and István Mészáros; makes a major contribution to a growing field of contemporary Lenin studies. This rich and penetrating account reveals Lenin busy at the work of revolution; his thought shaped by immediate political events but never straying far from a coherent theoretical perspective. Krausz balances detailed descriptions of Lenin’s time and place with lucid explications of his intellectual development; covering a range of topics like war and revolution; dictatorship and democracy; socialism and utopianism.Reconstructing Lenin will change the way you look at a man and a movement; it will also introduce the English-speaking world to a profound radical scholar.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Not What I ExpectedBy J. BlueI ordered two of these books as door prizes to a book club event I was hosting. I expected a coffee table book; but instead; I received a small book; the size of a devotional; with equally small sized font.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Awesome book; awesome womenBy Monica DavisCan't wait to get in this; but there are lots of books ahead of it. Just scanned the back; wonderful christmas present 2 me.5 of 6 people found the following review helpful. GOD bless the African American womanBy Beverly C. SandersTHE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN--cradle of civilization-- BOW when you enter her circle. O mightly spirit; direct her path and bless her every footstep for the world is beholding to her. The lesser informed among us would have you believe differently; but; research would prove my characterization of the Black Woman.The 150 great women mentioned in this book did not include your mother; grandmother; great-grandmother; etc; but it could have if you are of African American decent. Please know that this author could only write about a limited number of women who have left an indilible impact on society. In 1619; only the" biggest and baddest" Africans survived the death-trap journies across the Atlantic Ocean in those filthy slave ships. They arrived here with their African names--no wonder some of the women were identified as unknown by name because their slavers had't forced them to adopt another European name by that time. The slavers surly were not going to call them by their rich African names. Those barbaric slavers were skilled in dismanteling one another as they only knew barbaric behavior. Culture existed only in Africa in 1619 and not in Europe or Asia- -which is the homeland of the slavers.Bolden has done an outstanding job with this book and; if you are smart; you will surly put this book on your "must read" list. It was a joy and pleasure to read about some of the women of a bygone era that I already knew about or learned about for the first time.
