{"product_id":"anarchism-or-socialism","title":"Anarchism or Socialism?","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this early theoretical work, J. V. Stalin takes up the defense of Marxism against the anarchist currents contending for influence within the revolutionary movement. Written in 1906–07 during a period of intense ideological struggle in the Caucasus, where followers of Kropotkin and Proudhon were waging an active campaign against the Social-Democrats, the work lays out the foundations of the Marxist worldview and subjects anarchism to a thoroughgoing critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStalin expounds the dialectical method and the materialist theory, tracing the development of proletarian socialism as the logical conclusion of dialectical materialism. He addresses the fundamental questions dividing the two tendencies: the relationship between the individual and the masses, the necessity of the socialist revolution and the dictatorship of the proletariat, the role of the State, and the forms of proletarian organization required to overthrow capitalism. Drawing on Marx, Engels, and the historical experience of the Paris Commune, he answers the charges leveled by the anarchists and exposes the theoretical weaknesses of small-community socialism and the rejection of revolutionary political power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnarchism or Socialism?\u003c\/em\u003e remains an accessible introduction to the basic principles of Marxism and a valuable text for understanding the theoretical struggle against anarchism within the workers' movement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prairie Fire Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44132825858147,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/2643\/7987\/files\/anarchism-or-socialism-cover_1.png?v=1776808676","url":"https:\/\/prairiefirepublishing.com\/products\/anarchism-or-socialism","provider":"Prairie Fire Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}