Lenin, the proletariat, and the legitimation of dictatorship
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| ID | 6292897 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Rupprecht Mayer (0000-0002-3587-204X, Loyola University Chicago, autor correspondente), Robert Mayer |
| Ano | 1997 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Fascículo | 1 |
| Páginas | 99-115 |
| Data de publicação | 1997-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | Journal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569319708420752 |
| OpenAlex | W2036996897 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 3 |
| Referências citadas | 13 |
This article examines the arguments Lenin employed after the October Revolution in order to justify party dictatorship over the working class. It challenges the conventional view that Lenin defended constraints on proletarian choice by appealing to the paternalistic vanguard theory set forth in What Is To Be Done? A systematic review of Lenin's revolutionary writings indicates that his legitimation strategy was based instead on an essentialist interpretation of class identity that made it possible to deny proletarian status, and thus democratic rights, to wage‐laborers who opposed Bolshevik rule. It is Lenin's theory of class, therefore, not his theory of the party per se, that is vital for an understanding of his authoritarian politics
Aesthetics · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Epistemology · Identity (music · Ideology · Law and economics · Legitimation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Proletariat · Sociology · Working class · Anarchism and Radical Politics · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism · Political Theory and Influence
| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,1 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1996 - 2001 (6) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 3 |