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The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

By: Bertrand Russell
Narrated by: Cate Barratt
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Bertrand Russell was a firm believer in Communism, noting that the greatest fault of the capitalist system is not the concentration of money, but of power. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism, written following a trip to Soviet Russia in 1920, reflects his observations of the Bolshevik approach to this ideal.

Preface

Part I. The Present Condition of Russia

Chapter 1—What is Hoped from Bolshevism

Chapter 2—General Characteristics

Chapter 3—Lenin, Trotsky and Gorky

Chapter 4—Art and Education

Chapter 5—Communism and the Soviet Constitution

Chapter 6—The Failure of Russian Industry

Chapter 7—Daily Life in Moscow

Chapter 8—Town and Country

Chapter 9—International Policy

Part II. Bolshevik Theory

Chapter 1—The Materialistic Theory of History

Chapter 2—Deciding Forces in Politics

Chapter 3—Bolshevik Criticism of Democracy

Chapter 4—Revolution and Dictatorship

Chapter 5—Mechanism and the Individual

Chapter 6—Why Russian Communism Has Failed

Chapter 7—Conditions for the Success of Communism

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