Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power
This book not only explicates Stalin’s thoughts, but thinks with and especially through Stalin. It argues that Stalin often thought at the intersections between theology and Marxist political philosophy – especially regarding key issues of socialism
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Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power
Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power
Roland Boer
Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power
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Roland Boer Renmin University of China Beijing China
ISBN 978-981-10-6366-4 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-6367-1
ISBN 978-981-10-6367-1
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Preface
This book has taken me longer than most. The subject matter has much to do with it, given the preconceptions, if not the knee-jerk reactions, that are produced by the cypher of ‘Stalin’. Some years ago, I managed acquire a set of Stalin’s works, from none other than a second-hand bookshop in Kansas. Kansas! Yes, for it used to be—many, many years ago—a left-wing, if not Marxist centre in North America. How times have changed. But I soon found that the ‘Works’ were incomplete, ending abruptly in January of 1934. Eventually, I tracked down the remaining volumes, published by Red Star Press in London. Meanwhile, I found the Russian original, which has now been transferred (in online version with page numbers) to the University of Newcastle in Australia, one of my homes. To add to my collection, I became aware in the process of a new edition of Stalin’s works, Trudy, which is in the process of publishing what may well be a full collected works by Stalin. I set to reading Stalin, slowly and painstakingly, as I had done earlier with Marx, Engels, leading western European Marxists, and then Lenin. For some reason, Stalin took me longer, even
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