World Revolution, 19171936 The Rise and Fall of the Communist International

Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the history of revolutions during the interwar period and of the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. James, who was a leading Trotskyist activist in Britain, outlines Russia's transition from Communist revolution to a Stalinist totalitarian state bureaucracy. He also provides an account of the ideological contestations within the Communist International while examining its influence on the development of the Soviet Union and its changing role in revolutions in Spain, China, Germany, and Central Europe. Published to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution, this definitive edition of World Revolution features a new introduction by Christian Høgsbjerg and includes rare archival material, selected contemporary reviews, and extracts from James's 1939 interview with Trotsky.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

C. L. R. James (1901–1989), a Trinidadian historian, political activist, and writer, is the author of The Black Jacobins, an influential study of the Haitian Revolution. He is also the author of The Life of Captain Cipriani, Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History, and Beyond a Boundary, all also published by Duke University Press.

Christian HØgsbjerg is a historian and works for Leeds University Centre for African Studies. He is the author of C. L. R. James in Imperial Britain and the coeditor of The Black Jacobins Reader, both also published by Duke University Press.

Zusammenfassung

Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the revolutionary history in the interwar period, the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin, and the ideological contestations within the Communist International and its role in the Soviet Union and international revolution.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: C. L. R. James, C L R James, Christian Høgsbjerg
• Mitarbeit: Christian Hogsbjerg (Herausgeber), Christian Høgsbjerg (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2017
• Thema: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung
• EAN: 9780822363248
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-6324-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 544
• Serie: The C. L. R. James Archives; The C. L. R. James Archives
• Themen: Russland; UdSSR, Sowjetunion; Zwischen den Weltkriegen (1919 bis 1939 n. Chr.); Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte; Revolutionen, Aufstände, Rebellionen