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A review by drianturner
The State and Revolution by Vladimir Lenin
3.0
Not an eloquent defence of Marx, let's be honest. Marx is largely quiet on the state after a revolution by the Working Class, other than it withers away after the dictatorship of the Proletariat. So Lenin is the opportunity to clarify what is meant by the withering away of the state.
Is the state the Capitalist state? So of course with the decline of Capitalism is going to be the decline of the Capitalist state? Still not 100% sure, though, whether there is just a withering away of the Capitalist state or the state altogether? Indeed, Lenin does reject anarchism so there is a role for the state. Maybe the state does eventually wither away altogether. If so, I think that's naive relying on eg Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia; there must still be a state, however defined.
Is the state the Capitalist state? So of course with the decline of Capitalism is going to be the decline of the Capitalist state? Still not 100% sure, though, whether there is just a withering away of the Capitalist state or the state altogether? Indeed, Lenin does reject anarchism so there is a role for the state. Maybe the state does eventually wither away altogether. If so, I think that's naive relying on eg Nozick, Anarchy, State and Utopia; there must still be a state, however defined.