Imperialism and the National Question (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781804292716)

Lenin's texts breaking with Eurocentrism in the socialist movement

Fired up by the outbreak of the First World War and outraged by the capitulation of most socialist parties to the demands of national bourgeoisies, Lenin sought to understand the deeper roots of the crisis of the world movement. The result was Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, which went on to become a core text for the international communist movement. But Lenin also sought to break with the Eurocentrism of the socialist movement, which tended to look down with disdain at or simply reject struggles for self-determination, especially among colonized peoples.

This volume, with an introduction by the renowned abolitionist and anti-imperialist theorist Ruth Wilson Gilmore, brings together the texts on imperialism and those on the national question to provide a window into Lenin's global vision of revolution.

Author: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
ISBN-10: 1804292710
ISBN-13: 9781804292716
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2024
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.20w x 1.30d