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Leninism
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Lenin's analysis in
The Development of Capitalism in Russia
is a kind of profession de foi in a new and powerful idiom. To appeal to the intelligentsia, modern doctrines must combine faith and realism, or science, and Lenin's faith in the correctness of his "science" sustained him through lean years. The notion of faith raises the vexing issue of resemblances between Marxism and earlier Judeo-Christian traditions.
A rough human sense that there will be justice, that wrongs will be righted,
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― Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin: The Intelligentsia and Power
― Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin: The Intelligentsia and Power
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Historically, the errors committed by a truly revolutionary movement are infinitely more fruitful than the infallibility of the cleverest Central Committee.
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― Leninism Or Marxism?
― Leninism Or Marxism?