First published in 1921, this work by Nikolai Bukharin, a highly influential Marxist and Soviet Politician who would later become one of the most famous victims of Stalin's show trials, expands upon Karl Marx's theory of historical materialism.

Offering a Marxist interpretation of sociology, this edition is important not only from a sociological and economic perspective, but is also extremely valuable as a socio-historical document of contemporary thought in the Soviet Union in the years following the Bolshevik revolution.

'One of the true geniuses of the Russian Revolution" - Kevin Murphy, Jacobin

'History would have turned out differently if Nikolai Bukharin, a key figure in the Russian Revolution of 1917, and his more progressive ideas had been at the center of Soviet society.' - The Washington Post

'Bukharin's analysis is still in advance of much contemporary discussion ... Without a development of his arguments, albeit a critical one, the modern world cannot be understood.' - Michael Haynes, Nikolai Bukharin and the Transition from Capitalism to Socialism

Author: Nikolai Bukharin
Publisher: Critical Editions
Page Count: 304pp
Size: 6.25 x 9.25
Notes: paperback
Date of Publication: October 23, 2021
ISBN: 978-1922491404