Economism in the Russian socialist movement
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Economism in the Russian socialist movement was a trend that prioritized workers’ immediate economic struggles over broader political revolution, drawing sharp criticism from Vladimir Lenin and other Marxist theorists.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Economism in the Russian socialist movement canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
current within the Russian Social-Democratic movement
ⓘ
political tendency ⓘ trend in Russian Marxism ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Economism (Russian socialist current)
ⓘ
surface form:
the Economists faction in Russian Social Democracy
the newspaper "Rabochaya Mysl" ⓘ the newspaper "Rabocheye Delo" ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Leninist conception of a vanguard party
ⓘ
revolutionary Social Democracy ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| criticizedAs |
adaptation to spontaneity of the workers’ movement
ⓘ
opportunist deviation from Marxism ⓘ trade-unionism ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Georgi Plekhanov
ⓘ
Russian revolutionary Marxists ⓘ Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| criticizedIn |
What Is to Be Done?
ⓘ
surface form:
Lenin’s pamphlet "What Is To Be Done?"
|
| downplayed |
political revolution
ⓘ
struggle for political power ⓘ |
| emergedIn | late 1890s ⓘ |
| emergedInContextOf |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Social-Democratic movement
|
| emphasized |
economic struggle against employers
ⓘ
improvement of wages and working conditions ⓘ |
| favoredTactic |
economic strikes
ⓘ
negotiations with employers ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Economism
ⓘ
Economism (Russian socialist current) ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Economism
|
| historicalSignificance |
contributed to the split within Russian Social Democracy
ⓘ
served as a foil for Lenin’s theory of political organization ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis | emphasis on economic struggle over political struggle ⓘ |
| influencedDebateOn |
relationship between economic and political struggles
ⓘ
role of socialist party in leading political struggle ⓘ |
| inspiredResponseWork |
What Is to Be Done?
ⓘ
surface form:
Lenin’s "What Is To Be Done?"
|
| languageOfDiscourse | Russian ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Bolshevik tendency
ⓘ
Iskra group ⓘ |
| opposedGoal | overthrow of the autocracy as central task ⓘ |
| prioritized |
trade-union demands
ⓘ
workers’ immediate economic struggles ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
revisionism in Marxism
ⓘ
spontaneity of the workers’ movement ⓘ trade-unionism ⓘ |
| sawAsPrimary | economic improvement of workers within existing system ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| viewedByOpponentsAs |
abandonment of the revolutionary role of the party
ⓘ
restriction of the working class to a trade-union consciousness ⓘ |
| wasDebatedAt |
2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party
|
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