Synopses & Reviews
Both the Russian and Western press now recognize the importance of Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin as a Soviet historical figure. Fifty years after his execution in Stalinist Russia, Bukharin has been rehabilated by the Communist Party and invoked as the intellectual antecedent of Gorbachev. Challenging this view, contributors to this volume reevaluate the intellectual and political legacy of this Bolshevik revolutionary. They cover aspects of his thoughts and activities previously left unexplored or misinterpreted. They conclude that Bukharin's legacy is easily distorted when he is torn from his own political and historical context and appropriated for contemporary political movements.
Contributors to this Centenary Appraisal reexamine issues central to Bukharin's intellectual and political legacy: the social, economic, and political forms needed for transition from capitalism to socialism; the nature of the modern capitalist state; and the meaning of imperialism as a stage in the development of capitalist world economy. Also covered are his activities in the Communist International and his work in the history, philosophy, and politics of science.
Synopsis
Both the Russian and Eurocommunist press cite Bukharin more than any other Soviet historical figure. Fifty years after his execution by Stalinist Russia, Bukharin has been rehabilated by the Communist Party and invoked as the intellectual antecedent of Gorbachev. Challenging this view, these authors reevaluate Bukharin's intellectual and political legacy. They cover aspects of his thoughts and activities previously left unexplored or misinterpreted. Their conclusion: Bukharin's legacy is easily distorted when he "is torn from his own political and historical context and appropriated for contemporary political movements."
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-159).
About the Author
NICHOLAS N. KOZLOV is a Ph.D. economist living in Sacramento, California.ERIC D. WEITZ is an Assistant Professor of History at St. Olaf College.
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction by Nicholas N. Kozlov and EricD. Weitz
World Economy as Manifestation of Internationalization and Nationalization: The Contribution of Nikolai Bukharin by Marc W. Herold
Bukharin, Varga, and the Comintern Debate on the Stabilization of Capitalism by Nicholas N. Kozlov
Bukharin and "Bukharinism" in the Comintern, 1919-1929 by Eric D. Weitz
Confronting the New Leviathan: The Contradictory Legacy of Buklharin's Theory of the State John Willoughby
War Communism, the New Economic Policy, and Bukharin's Theory of the Transition to Socialism by Nicholas N. Kozlov
War Communis, the New Economic Policy, and Bukharin's Theory of the Transition to Socialism by Nicholas N. Kozlov
The Bukharin Delegation on Science and Society: Action and Reaction in British Studies of Science Val Dusek
Index