Marxism after the Collapse of the Soviet Union

Author: Cohen G.A.

Source: The Journal of Ethics, Volume 3, Number 2, 1999 , pp. 99-104(6)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

The article studies the implications for historical materialism of the failure of the socialist project in the Soviet Union. The author demonstrates that the said failure broadly confirms central historical materialist theses, which would have been difficult to sustain if the Russian revolution had succeeded in its goal of superseding capitalism and establishing a socialist society.

Keywords: bolshevism; capitalism; historical materialism; Lenin; Marx; Marxism; productive forces; relations of production; revolution; Russian revolution; socialism

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: All Souls College Oxford, OX1 4AL UK

Publication date: 1999-01-01

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