Description
Written during the upheaval of 1917, this influential political treatise examines the state as an instrument of class power rather than a neutral institution. Drawing extensively on the ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, it critiques parliamentary democracy and social reform as insufficient to end exploitation, and outlines Lenin’s vision of revolutionary transformation and the eventual dissolution of the coercive state. Combining political theory, historical argument, and polemic, the work became a foundational text in Marxist-Leninist thought and remains central to debates about power, class struggle, and revolution.
Available Editions
paperback
Kessinger Publishing
Published Jun 30, 2004
116 pages
ISBN: 9781419183478
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Details
First Published
1918
Language
eng
Translation
From: rus
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The State and Revolution by Vladimir Il’ich Lenin.