The Revolution Betrayed
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The Revolution Betrayed is Leon Trotsky’s seminal 1936 analysis of the degeneration of the Soviet Union under Stalin and a foundational critique of bureaucratic socialism.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Soviet Union as a degenerated workers' state | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Marxist literature
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book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political theory book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
explain the causes of Soviet degeneration
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outline a program for political revolution in the USSR ⓘ |
| author | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizes |
Joseph Stalin
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Soviet ruling bureaucracy ⓘ Stalinist bureaucracy ⓘ bureaucratic socialism ⓘ |
| describes |
The Revolution Betrayed
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Soviet Union as a degenerated workers' state
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| genre |
historical analysis
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political analysis ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Revolution Betrayed self-link ⓘ |
| hasPart |
analysis of Soviet bureaucracy
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analysis of Soviet planned economy ⓘ discussion of Thermidor in the Soviet context ⓘ programmatic conclusions ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | revolutionary socialist ⓘ |
| influenced |
Fourth International
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Marxist critiques of the USSR ⓘ Trotskyist movement ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Russian Revolution
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surface form:
October Revolution
Soviet economy ⓘ Soviet politics ⓘ Stalin era ⓘ
surface form:
Stalinism
bureaucracy in the Soviet Union ⓘ bureaucratic degeneration ⓘ degeneration of the Soviet Union ⓘ political revolution ⓘ workers' state ⓘ |
| movement |
Marxism
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Trotskyism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
concept of degenerated workers' state
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foundational critique of bureaucratic socialism ⓘ systematic critique of Stalinism from the left ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalPublicationPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | Trotskyist ⓘ |
| publicationType | book-length treatise ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1936 ⓘ |
| supports |
defense of nationalized property forms
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political revolution against the bureaucracy ⓘ workers' democracy ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early 1930s Soviet Union
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post-October Revolution USSR ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Leon Trotsky in exile ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Soviet Union as a degenerated workers' state