Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder
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Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder is a 1920 pamphlet by Vladimir Lenin that critiques ultra-left tendencies within the communist movement and defends a pragmatic, strategic approach to revolutionary politics.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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non-fiction work ⓘ political pamphlet ⓘ |
| advocates |
participation in bourgeois parliaments
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pragmatic revolutionary tactics ⓘ work within reactionary trade unions ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
boycott of parliamentary elections
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refusal to work in reformist trade unions ⓘ |
| arguesFor |
flexible tactics in class struggle
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learning from mass experience ⓘ |
| author | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| commissionedFor |
Third International
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surface form:
Second Congress of the Communist International
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| countryOfOrigin |
Russian SFSR
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surface form:
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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| criticizes |
left communism
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revolutionary phrase-mongering ⓘ sectarianism ⓘ ultra-left tendencies in the communist movement ⓘ |
| doctrinalBasis |
Marxism–Leninism
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surface form:
Marxism-Leninism
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| genre |
Marxist theory
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder self-link ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early Communist International
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post-October Revolution period ⓘ |
| influenced | strategy of communist parties in the 1920s ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
members of the Communist International
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revolutionary socialists ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
discipline in the communist party
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infantile disorder ⓘ relation between party and masses ⓘ revolutionary realism ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
communism
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parliamentary participation ⓘ revolutionary strategy ⓘ trade union work ⓘ ultra-leftism ⓘ |
| movement | Communist International literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Детская болезнь "левизны" в коммунизме ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCorpus | late work of Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
Leninism
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surface form:
Bolshevism
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| publicationYear | 1920 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The State and Revolution
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surface form:
State and Revolution
What Is to Be Done? ⓘ
surface form:
What Is To Be Done?
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| supports |
centralized communist party
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tactical compromises ⓘ united front tactics ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Vladimir Lenin ⓘ |
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