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Wilson, Edmund, 1895-1972.

To the Finland station : a study in the writing and acting of history / Edmund Wilson ; foreword by Louis Menand.

New York : New York Review of Books, ©2003.

xxxi, 507 pages ; 21 cm.

Presents a critical and historical study of European writers and theorists of Socialism in the one hundred fifty years leading to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and discusses European socialism, anarchism, and theories of revolution.

New York Review Books classics

New York Review Books classics.

Socialism -- History.

Communism -- History.

History -- Philosophy.

Includes index.

Introduction. Michelet discovers Vico -- Michelet and the Middle Ages -- Michelet and the revolution -- Michelet tries to live his history -- Michelet between nationalism and socialism -- Decline of the revolutionary tradition : Renan -- Decline of the revolutionary tradition : Taine -- Decline of the revolutionary tradition : Anatole France -- Origins of socialism : Babeuf's defense -- Origins of socialism : Saint-Simon's hierarchy -- Origins of socialism : the communities of Fourier and Owen -- Origins of socialism : Enfantin and the American socialists -- Karl Marx : Prometheus and Lucifer -- Karl Marx decides to change the world -- Friedrich Engels : the young man from Manchester -- The partnership of Marx and Engels -- Marx and Engels : grinding the lens -- Marx and Engels take a hand at making history -- The myth of the dialectic -- Marx and Engels go back to writing history -- Historical actors : Lassalle -- Historical actors : Baknin -- Karl Marx : poet of commodities and dictator of the proletariat -- Karl Marx dies at his desk -- Lenin : the brothers Ulynov -- Lenin : the great headmaster -- Trotsky : the young eagle -- Trotsky identifies history with himself with Lenin -- Lenin identifies himself with history -- Lenin at the Finland station.

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