1st Edition
The Dictatorship of the Proletariat Marxism's Theory of Socialist Democracy
By John Ehrenberg
Copyright 1992
214 Pages
by
Routledge
Marx's theory of the dictatorship of the proletariat has for too long been unrecognized as the core of Marxist political theory. In this provocative book, John Ehrenberg offers a persuasive analysis of this controversial theory and argues that it can no longer be displaced or ignored as the viable democratic center of Marxist political thought. Marx, Engels and Lenin considered the dictatorship... Read more
Introduction Part I: The Politics of Social Revolution Chapter 1 “Ultimate Results” Chapter 2 “Immediate Aim” Part II: Democracy and Dictatorship Chapter 3 Learning From Defeat Chapter 4 Clarifications and Refinements Chapter 5 The Commune State Part III: Problems of Communism Chapter 6 Democracy, Dictatorship and War Chapter 7 Democracy, Dictatorship and Peace, Conclusion, Chapter 8 The “Main Point”
Biography
John Ehrenberg
