The Process of Democratization

Name: The Process of Democratization
Brand: State University of New York Press
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By Georg Lukacs

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Georg Lukacs's The Process of Democratization provides indispensable reading for an understanding of the revolution that swept Russia and Eastern Europe during 1989-1990. Lukacs, a spokesman for anti-Bolshevik communism, was the advance guard of anti-Stalinist reform. Written in the aftermath of the Prague Spring, his book was a precursor to many of the Gorbachev reforms.

Lukacs was the leading communist intellectual in the world until his death. During his last 15 years, he embarked upon a massive effort to revive Marxism as philosophy, as aesthetics, and as politics. The Process of Democratization was part of this attempt at a Marxist renaissance. He would probably be surprised to find that the Second Russian Revolution of 1989-1990 moved far beyond his reformism, overthrowing even the anti-Stalinist communism that he fought to retain.

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Languages:: Original: English
Number of Pages:: 179
Publisher:: State University of New York Press
Publication Date:: 1992-08-20
Release Date:: 1991-07-01
ISBN / EAN:: 9780791407615
Weight:: 227 g

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