HI109 Lecture Notes - Final Crisis, Russian Empire, Alexander Kerensky
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1: socialism and russia, leninism, the revolutionary year. 1: consolidating power and the civil war, exporting revolution. Russia was seen as the first step towards a global revolution. Socialist ideas in and around russia originated from french revolution. Splits in the socialist: revolutionary socialist everything needs to be completely reforms, socialists which believe existing social structures may be used. Elimination of discrimination between different social groups. Marx middle class son of a civil servant. Radical critique of industrial capitalism: proletariat revolution to create a socialist state. Reducing cost of production: lowers wages until people are exploited, boom + bust cycles. Eventually majority will be selling themselves for labour: revolution communism. To what degree to pursue a revolution / work within existing social systems. Had been terrorist attacks in 1980"s-90"s against czar. Only in certain selective areas in russia: russia not a candidate for an effective revolution. Take on rev. socialism that makes it okay for russia to have a revolution.
