The Development of Capitalism in Russia
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| Author | Vladimir Lenin |
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| Original title | Развитие капитализма в России |
| Country | Russian Empire |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Social criticism |
| Published | 1899 |
The Development of Capitalism in Russia (
Marxist
theorist.
History
Lenin began work while in prison after his arrest for the St. Petersburg case "the Union of Struggle for the Working Class Liberation". The work was completed in exile in the village of Shushenskoye. In three years, Lenin managed to examine a large amount of literature on the Russian economy, and over 500 sources were used in the book: monographs, articles, statistical reference books, collections, reviews, etc.[2] By the time this work was completed, its author turned 29.[3] The book was first published in March 1899 under the pseudonym "Vladimir Ilyin" with 2400 copies.[2] In 1908, the second edition of the book was published with minor changes.[2]
Content
In it Lenin attacked the
class division amongst the peasants with a growing division between a landholding rural bourgeoise and a mostly landless rural proletariat recruited from a diminishing middle peasantry. Lenin saw a common set of interests between rural and urban proletariat and the possibility of a worker–peasant alliance against the representatives of capital.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Paul Le Blanc (2008) Revolution, Democracy, Socialism: Selected Writings of Lenin. Pluto Press, London: 83
- ^ a b c В. И. Ленин. Развитие капитализма в России. Оглавление. Предисловие
- ^ Андерсон, Перри Размышления о западном марксизме. М., 1991.
- ^ Christopher Read (2005) Lenin. London, Routledge: 39-40
- ^ Paul Le Blanc (2008) Revolution, Democracy, Socialism: Selected Writings of Lenin. Pluto Press, London: 83-113