Lenin's originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917. But, Zizek argues in his new study and collection of original texts, Lenin's true greatness can be better grasped in the very last couple of years of his poli…
Was Lenin a visionary whose ideals were subverted by his followers? Or was he a cynical misanthrope, even crueler than Stalin? This book, which contains newly released documents from the Lenin archive in Russia, lays bare Lenin the man and the politician, leaving little doubt th…
Lara Douds examines the practical functioning and internal political culture of the early Soviet government cabinet, the Council of People's Commissars (Sovnarkom), under Lenin. This study elucidates the process by which Sovnarkom's governmental decision-making authority was tra…
Coiled verbal spring: Devices of Lenin's language
by Suvin, Darko, Boynik, Sezgin, Maâkovskij, Vladimir Vladimirovič, Èjhenbaum, Boris Mihajlovič, Yakubinsky, Lev Petrovich, Tynianov, Iouri Nikolaevitch, Kazansky, Boris Vassilievitch, Tomashevsky, Boris Viktorovich, Kručenyh, Aleksej Eliseevič, Šklovskij, Viktor Borisovič
The publication Coiled Verbal Spring : Devices of Lenin's Language brings together the first English translation of the Russian Formalist and Futurist writings on Lenin's revolutionary language. The book includes the Russian Formalists' (Viktor Shklovsky, Boris Eikhenbaum, Yuri …
