A Sympathetic Critical Study
Book Review
Solenberger, Peter
http://solidarity-us.org/atc/199/before-stalinism/
Date Written: 2019-03-01
Publisher: Against the Current
Year First Published: {53444 A Sympathetic Critical Study SYMPATHETIC CRITICAL STUDY Book Review Solenberger, Peter http://solidarity-us.org/atc/199/before-stalinism/ Against the Current Detailed review of a controversial history of Soviet democracy. Lengthy quotes of the book and arguments from its original publication are included. 2019-03-01 1990 2019 ART Article --
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<br> Before Stalinism:
<br> The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy
<br> By Samuel Farber
<br> Verso, 1990 and 2018, 221 pages + notes, bibliography and index, $24.95 paperback.
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<br>VERSO, A NEW LEFT Books imprint, has republished Samuel Farber’s Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy, originally published in 1990....
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<br>The book is valuable on four levels: 1) as an account of the rise and fall of Soviet democracy in the revolutionary period 1917 through 1923; 2) as a critique of Bolshevik thinking and policy on workers' democracy, whether one agrees with the critique or not; 3) as a posing of alternatives for the time, whether one agrees with them or not; and 4) as a drawing of lessons for future revolutions. CX23499 0 false true false CX23499.htm [0xc001fc49f0] Cx}
Year Published: 2019
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX23499
Detailed review of a controversial history of Soviet democracy. Lengthy quotes of the book and arguments from its original publication are included.
Abstract:
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Excerpt:
Before Stalinism:
The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy
By Samuel Farber
Verso, 1990 and 2018, 221 pages + notes, bibliography and index, $24.95 paperback.
VERSO, A NEW LEFT Books imprint, has republished Samuel Farber’s Before Stalinism: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Democracy, originally published in 1990....
The book is valuable on four levels: 1) as an account of the rise and fall of Soviet democracy in the revolutionary period 1917 through 1923; 2) as a critique of Bolshevik thinking and policy on workers' democracy, whether one agrees with the critique or not; 3) as a posing of alternatives for the time, whether one agrees with them or not; and 4) as a drawing of lessons for future revolutions.
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