The Political Thought of Joseph Stalin: A Study in Twentieth Century Revolutionary Patriotism

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Erik van Ree

The Political Thought of Joseph Stalin

A Study in Twentieth Century Revolutionary Patriotism

Erik van Ree

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English

Routledge
05 September 2002

European history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Marxism & Communism

The only book-length study of Stalin's political thought. It makes full use of the documentation that has only recently become available from the former Central Party Archive in Moscow as well as Stalin's private library with his handwritten marginal notes. This political and historical analysis provides many insights into the Soviet leader's political thought, and more broadly on western and Russian Marxist intellectual traditions. The author argues that Stalin's political thought is not primarily indebted to the Russian autocratic tradition, but instead belongs to a tradition of revolutionary patriotism that stretches back through revolutionary Marxism to Jacobin thought in the French Revolution. It makes interesting comparisons between Stalin, Lenin, Bukharin and Trotsky, and explains a great deal about the mind-set of those brought up in the Stalinist era. Intelligent analysis of the sources sheds new light on many of the era's key problems, including the industrial revolution from above, socialist cultural policy, Soviet treatment of nationalities, pre-war and Cold War foreign policy, and the purges.

By: Erik van Ree
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 870g
ISBN: 9780700717491
ISBN 10: 0700717498
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 05 September 2002
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Erik van Ree is a lecturer at the Institute for East European Studies of the University of Amsterdam. He has published widely on the history of the USSR and on world communism, including books on Stalin's Korean Policy, and on the Soviet Politburo.

Reviews for The Political Thought of Joseph Stalin: A Study in Twentieth Century Revolutionary Patriotism

'Erudite, meticulously researched and full of interesting detail. ...Get hold of a copy.' - Mark Sandle, De Montfort University 'To many a contemporary mind, a discussion of the political thought of Stalin may seem one of the last subjects to take into serious consideration. ... If the book by Erik van Ree teaches us one thing, it is that there is indeed ample reason to take Stalin seriously as a thinker. And this is not so much because of his origniality as an 'innovator' of Marxism but, on the contrary, as its faithful developer.' -