Examines the complex role of theology in Stalin's political philosophy through a painstaking study of Stalin's texts

A pioneering study of the thought generated from the realities of socialism in power

Identifies distinctly new and for some controversial contributions Stalin made to the Marxist tradition

Autorentext

Roland Boer is a distinguished overseas research professor at Renmin University of China, Beijing, and research professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Among numerous works on Marxism, religion and philosophy, he has published the five-volume work, The Criticism of Heaven and Earth (2007-14). In 2014 he was awarded the Isaac and Tamara Deutscher Memorial Prize. He has also published Lenin, Religion, and Theology (2013) and is director of the 'Socialism in Power' international research project.

Inhalt

Introduction and Background.- Stalin's Bible.- Babel Versus Pentecost: On the Question of Linguistic Diversity.- The Delay of Communism.- A Materialist Doctrine of Good and Evil: Revising Marxist Anthropology.- Party and People, or Transcendence and Immanence.- Towards a Theory of the Socialist State.- Conclusion: Between Veneration and Demonization.