State and Revolution
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State and Revolution
| Full title | The State and Revolution: The Marxist Theory of the State and the Tasks of the Proletariat in the Revolution |
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| Author | Vladimir Lenin |
| Published | 1918 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Lenin’s pamphlet, written between the February and October revolutions of 1917, arguing from Marx and Engels that the state is an instrument of class rule that cannot be captured and reused — it must be smashed and replaced by a transitional dictatorship of the proletariat that eventually “withers away.” Much of it is polemic against Kautsky, and it was written weeks before Lenin had the chance to act on it. |
State and Revolution
Where I heard about it
- University of Austin — assigned in Intellectual Foundations of Economics on its Fall 2025 reading list (November 2025), a course that reads economics through its arguments rather than its models, so the strongest case against the market order is read as a primary text. Full curriculum: UATX Fall Reading List.
Connections
- UATX Fall Reading List — the curriculum this is assigned in.
- Vladimir Lenin — the author, already in the wiki.
- Socialism — the tradition the pamphlet is arguing inside of.
- Government — the institution it argues cannot be reformed, only replaced.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.