1st Edition
Boundaries of Utopia - Imagining Communism from Plato to Stalin
By Erik van Ree
Copyright 2015
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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The idea that socialism could be established in a single country was adopted as an official doctrine by the Soviet Union in 1925, Stalin and Bukharin being the main formulators of the policy. Before this there had been much debate as to whether the only way to secure socialism would be as a result of socialist revolution on a much broader scale, across all Europe or wider still. This book traces... Read more
Introduction 1. Communism as New Jerusalem 2. Communism as Utopia 3. Communism as Armed Fortress 4. Communism as Triple Alliance 5. Permanent Revolution 6. Marxist Patriotism 7. Socialism as Trading Company 8. Socialism as Vast State 9. Russian Socialism Takes a Backseat 10. Marxism in Industrialised Germany 11. Socialism as Autarky 12. Socialism as War Economy 13. Socialisation of the National Economy 14. Socialism in One Country 15. The Great Debate Conclusion
Biography
Erik van Ree is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of East European/European Studies at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
