The Stalinist Legacy
 First edition | |
| Author | Tariq Ali |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Nonfiction |
| Genre | Marxism,Influence of Stalinism |
| Publisher | Pelican Books |
Publication date | 1984 |
| Publication place | The United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| ISBN | 978-0-931477-56-0 |
The Stalinist Legacy: Its Impact on 20th-Century World Politicsis a 1984 book of various authors organized by Pakistani-British author, activist, historianTariq Ali.The book features articles composed by prominentAnti-StalinistsocialistsIsaac DeutscherandErnest Mandel,Soviet poetYevgeny Yevtushenko,and Communist bloc leadersNikita Khrushchev,Josip TitoandLeon Trotsky.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 activists are still haunted by the legacy ofJoseph Stalin.The book examines of the origins, impacts, and prominence ofStalinismin modern Russia.[2]
Content
[edit]Part 1: The Roots of the Problem
[edit]1. "Social Relations in the Soviet Union" -Leon Trotsky
2. "The 'Professional Dangers' of Power -Christian Rakovsky
3. "What is Bureaucracy?" -Ernest Mandel
4. "Socialism in One Country" -Isaac Deutscher
5. "Marxism and Primitive Magic - ibid.
6. "Trotsky's Interpretation of Stalinism" -Perry Anderson
7. "Was Lenin a Stalinist?" -Marcel Liebman
8. "Stalinist Ideology and Science" -Michael Lowy
Part 2:Stalinism in Crisis
[edit]9. "The Trotskyisys in Vorkuta Prison Camp"
10. "Stalin and the Second World War" -Fernando Claudin
11. "The First Breach: The Excommunication of Yugoslavia" -Josip Tito
12. "Secret Report to the 20th Party Congress of the CPSU" -Nikita Khrushchev
13. "Maoism, Stalinism, and the Chinese Revolution" -Roland Law
14. "The Peculiarities of Vietnamese Communism" -Pierre Rousset
15. "The Tragedy of Indian Communism" - K. Damodaran
16. "Hungary 1956: A Participants Account" -Nicholas Krasso
17. "How They Crushed the Prague Spring of 1968" -Josef Smrkovsky
18. "The Political Culture of Hoxha's Albania" -Arshi Pipa
19. "The Polish Vortex: Solidarity and Socialism" -Oliver MacDonald
20. "Solzhenitsyn:The Witness and the Prophet "- Daniel Singer
Epilogue: "The Heirs of Stalin" -Yevgeni Yevtushenk
Reception
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Ali, Tariq; Deutscher, Isaac; Trotsky, Leon; Tito, Josip; Mandel, Ernest; Krushchev, Nikita (1984).The Stalinist Legacy.Chicago, Illinois: Pelican Books.ISBN978-0-931477-56-0.
- ^Ali, Tariq (2013).The Stalinist Legacy: Its Impact on Twentieth Century World Politics.Haymarket Books.ISBN978-1608462193.
- ^Flewers, Paul."Review: Tariq Ali, The Stalinist Legacy".Retrieved8 January2019.