The New Course
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The New Course is a 1923 political work by Leon Trotsky in which he critiques the emerging bureaucratization of the Soviet state and party after the Russian Revolution.
Aliases (1)
- Новый курс ×1
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| instanceOf |
book
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political work → |
| advocates |
defense of revolutionary principles of 1917
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inner-party democracy → workers’ control → |
| aimsTo |
defend revolutionary democracy in the Soviet state
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warn against consolidation of a privileged bureaucracy → |
| associatedWith |
intra-party struggle after Lenin’s illness
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| author |
Leon Trotsky
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| countryOfOrigin |
Soviet Union
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| criticizes |
bureaucratic tendencies in the Communist Party
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concentration of power in party leadership → emerging Soviet bureaucracy → tendencies toward one‑party dictatorship within the party → |
| discusses |
party factionalism
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problems of party leadership → relationship between party and working class → role of youth in the Communist Party → |
| form |
collection of articles and essays
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| genre |
Marxist literature
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political theory → |
| hasAuthorRole |
Trotsky as leading Bolshevik
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| hasEnglishTitle |
The New Course
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| hasNotableTheme |
conflict between rank-and-file and party apparatus
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danger of bureaucratic caste formation → degeneration of revolutionary parties → |
| historicalContext |
early 1920s Soviet Union
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post–Russian Civil War period → |
| ideologicalBasis |
Leninism as interpreted by Trotsky
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| influenced |
later Trotskyist critiques of Stalinism
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| language |
Russian
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| mainSubject |
Bolshevik Party democracy
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Russian Revolution → bureaucratization of the Communist Party → bureaucratization of the Soviet state → internal politics of the Soviet Union → |
| originalTitle |
Новый курс
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| politicalOrientation |
Marxist
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Trotskyist → |
| publicationYear |
1923
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| relatedTo |
Bolshevik Party debates of the 1920s
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Left Opposition in the Soviet Union → Soviet Communist Party internal opposition → |
| timePeriodDescribed |
early New Economic Policy era
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| workType |
non-fiction
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The New Course
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hasEnglishTitle |
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Leon Trotsky
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notableWork |
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The New Course
("Новый курс")
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originalTitle |