Historical Materialism: A System of Sociology (Critical Editions)

One of the true geniuses of the Russian Revolution - Kevin Murphy JacobinFirst published in 1921 this work by Nikolai Bukharin a highly influential Marxist and Soviet Politician who would later become one of the most famous victims of Stalins show trials expands upon Karl Marxs theory of historical materialism.Offering a Marxist interpretation of sociology this edition is important not only from a sociological and economic perspective but is also extremely valuable as a socio-historical document of contemporary thought in the Soviet Union in the years following the Bolshevik revolution.History would have turned out differently if Nikolai Bukharin a key figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and his more progressive ideas had been at the center of Soviet society. - The Washington PostBukharins analysis is still in advance of much contemporary discussion ... Without a development of his arguments albeit a critical one the modern world cannot be understood. - Michael Haynes Nikolai Bukharin and the Transition from Capitalism to SocialismPraiseIt is Bukharins ghost the indelible memory of his post-Marxian philosophy and his remarkable prevision of the Nazi-Soviet rapprochement and the inevitable deterioration of Stalins Russia into proto-Fascism which remains to haunt the Communist world. - The New York TimesHistory would have turned out differently if Nikolai Bukharin a key figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and his more progressive ideas had been at the center of Soviet society. - The Washington PostBukharins analysis is still in advance of much contemporary discussion ... Without a development of his arguments albeit a critical one the modern world cannot be understood. - Michael Haynes Nikolai Bukharin and the Transition from Capitalism to SocialismThe enduring body of Bukharins works cast a lurid light over the Soviet regime which has emerged since the death of Stalin - The New York TimesOne of the true geniuses of the Russian Revolution - Kevin Murphy JacobinBukharin is not only the partys most valuable and greatest theoretician but he is also rightfully considered the favorite of the whole party. - Vladimir Lenin Last Testament: Letters to the CongressBukharin like Leon Trotsky embodied the internationalist traditions of Soviet Communism before its descent into Stalinist chauvinism. - Dr. Stephen F. CohenBukharins unique importance in the history of Soviet Russia lies in the fact that he alone offered for that country a way forward radically opposed to the one adopted by Stalin. Professor Leonard Schapiro The New York Review of BooksAbout the authorNikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938) was a Russian revolutionary politician and author. Bukharin was an important Bolshevik revolutionary and spent six years with Lenin and Trotsky in exile. He wrote prolifically on the subject of revolutionary theory. Initially a supporter of Joseph Stalin after Vladimir Lenins death he came to oppose a large number of Stalins policies and was one of Stalins most prominent victims during the Moscow Trials and purges of the Old Bolsheviks in the late 1930s.