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| − | One hundred years after the Russian [[Revolution]], Žižek shows why Lenin’s [[thought]] is still important today
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| − | V. I. Lenin’s originality and importance as a revolutionary [[leader]] is most often associated with the seizure of [[power]] in 1917. But, in this new study and collection of Lenin’s original [[texts]], [[Slavoj Žižek]] argues that his [[true]] greatness can be better grasped in the last two years of his [[political]] [[life]]. [[Russia]] had survived foreign invasion, embargo and a terrifying civil war, as well as [[internal]] revolts such as the one at Kronstadt in 1921. But the new [[state]] was exhausted, isolated and disorientated. As the anticipated [[world]] revolution receded into the distance, new paths had to be charted if the Soviet state was to survive.
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| − | With his characteristic brio and provocative insight, Žižek suggests that Lenin’s courage as a thinker can be found in his willingness to face this [[reality]] of retreat unflinchingly. In today’s world, characterized by political turbulence, [[economic]] crises and geopolitical tensions, we should revisit Lenin’s combination of sober lucidity and revolutionary determination.
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