Economism (Russian socialist current)
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Economism was a late-19th-century Russian socialist current that prioritized workers’ immediate economic struggles over broader political revolution, provoking sharp criticism from Lenin and other Marxists.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Economism (Russian socialist current) canonical | 1 |
| Economist trend in Russian Social Democracy | 1 |
| Russian Economism | 1 |
| the Economists faction in Russian Social Democracy | 1 |
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Target entity: Economism (Russian socialist current) Context triple: [What Is to Be Done?, influencedBy, Economism (Russian socialist current)]
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A.
The Economic Point of View
The Economic Point of View is a foundational work in Austrian economics by Israel Kirzner that clarifies and defends the distinct methodological perspective of economic science.
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B.
Socialism As It Is
"Socialism As It Is" is a political and economic analysis book by American socialist and reformer William English Walling, examining the theory and practice of socialism in the early 20th century.
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C.
Leninism
Leninism is a Marxist political and revolutionary theory that emphasizes the role of a vanguard party, democratic centralism, and the necessity of a proletarian dictatorship to achieve and consolidate socialism.
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The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism
"The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism" is the second part of Muammar Gaddafi’s political treatise The Green Book, outlining his proposed socialist economic system and critique of both capitalism and traditional socialism.
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E.
War Communism
War Communism was the Bolshevik economic and political system during the Russian Civil War, characterized by state control of industry, forced grain requisitioning, and the suppression of private trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Economism (Russian socialist current) Target entity description: Economism was a late-19th-century Russian socialist current that prioritized workers’ immediate economic struggles over broader political revolution, provoking sharp criticism from Lenin and other Marxists.
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A.
The Economic Point of View
The Economic Point of View is a foundational work in Austrian economics by Israel Kirzner that clarifies and defends the distinct methodological perspective of economic science.
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B.
Socialism As It Is
"Socialism As It Is" is a political and economic analysis book by American socialist and reformer William English Walling, examining the theory and practice of socialism in the early 20th century.
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C.
Leninism
Leninism is a Marxist political and revolutionary theory that emphasizes the role of a vanguard party, democratic centralism, and the necessity of a proletarian dictatorship to achieve and consolidate socialism.
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D.
The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism
"The Solution of the Economic Problem: Socialism" is the second part of Muammar Gaddafi’s political treatise The Green Book, outlining his proposed socialist economic system and critique of both capitalism and traditional socialism.
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E.
War Communism
War Communism was the Bolshevik economic and political system during the Russian Civil War, characterized by state control of industry, forced grain requisitioning, and the suppression of private trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Russian Marxist current
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political tendency ⓘ socialist current ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Economism (Russian socialist current)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Economist trend in Russian Social Democracy
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| broaderMovement | international socialist movement ⓘ |
| consideredByOpponentsAs |
form of opportunism
ⓘ
trade-unionism ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
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surface form:
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party radicals
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ orthodox Marxists in Russia ⓘ |
| criticizedIn |
What Is to Be Done?
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surface form:
Lenin’s pamphlet "What Is To Be Done?"
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| downplayed | revolutionary political leadership ⓘ |
| emphasized | spontaneous workers’ movement ⓘ |
| focus |
trade-union demands
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workers’ immediate economic struggles ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
development of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
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pre-revolutionary Russian socialist movement ⓘ |
| ideologicalOrientation | reformist socialism ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism ⓘ |
| influencedDebateOn |
relationship between economic and political struggle
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role of political party in workers’ movement ⓘ |
| languageOfDiscourse | Russian ⓘ |
| legacy |
foil for development of Leninist conception of the party
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negative example in Leninist theory ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Iskra group
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Leninist current ⓘ |
| opposedFocus | broader political revolution ⓘ |
| positionOnPartyRole | limited role for centralized revolutionary party ⓘ |
| positionOnPoliticalStruggle | secondary to economic struggle ⓘ |
| relatedConcept | economism (general political term) ⓘ |
| relatedTo | trade union movement in the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| startTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1890s
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early 1900s ⓘ |
| viewedByLeninAs |
failure to develop class consciousness beyond economic demands
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subordination of socialism to trade-unionism ⓘ |
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