The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
THE PRACTICE
AND THEORY
of BOLSHEVISM
❁
By BERTRAND RUSSELL
The Practice and Theory
of Bolshevism
By
Bertrand Russell
LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN & UNWIN LTD.
RUSKIN HOUSE, 40 MUSEUM STREET, W.C. 1
First published in 1920
(All rights reserved)
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| PREFACE | 5 | |
| PART I | ||
| THE PRESENT CONDITION OF RUSSIA | ||
| I. | WHAT IS HOPED FROM BOLSHEVISM | 15 |
| II. | GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS | 24 |
| III. | LENIN, TROTSKY AND GORKY | 36 |
| IV. | ART AND EDUCATION | 45 |
| V. | COMMUNISM AND THE SOVIET CONSTITUTION | 72 |
| VI. | THE FAILURE OF RUSSIAN INDUSTRY | 81 |
| VII. | DAILY LIFE IN MOSCOW | 92 |
| VIII. | TOWN AND COUNTRY | 99 |
| IX. | INTERNATIONAL POLICY | 106 |
| PART II | ||
| BOLSHEVIK THEORY | ||
| I. | THE MATERIALISTIC THEORY OF HISTORY | 119 |
| II. | DECIDING FORCES IN POLITICS | 128 |
| III. | BOLSHEVIK CRITICISM OF DEMOCRACY | 134 |
| IV. | REVOLUTION AND DICTATORSHIP | 146 |
| V. | MECHANISM AND THE INDIVIDUAL | 157 |
| VI. | WHY RUSSIAN COMMUNISM HAS FAILED | 165 |
| VII. | CONDITIONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF COMMUNISM | 178 |
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