Aspects of the Organizational Structure of the Party in Lenin’s Pre-1917 Writings

Authors

  • Giovanny Simon Machado Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
  • Soraya Franzoni Conde Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v21i38.33245

Keywords:

Revolution, Party, Socialism, Vanguard.

Abstract

The article synthesizes some fundamental aspects of party organizational structure in Lenin’s pre-1917 writings. It is based on a bibliographic research project that analyzed Lenin’s writings from the beginning of his political trajectory until the final moments of the Russian Revolution of October-November 1917. We argue that at the same time that Lenin maintained a rigorous defense of vertical and hierarchical organization according to the principle of centralism he also defended a strong horizontalism and decentralization of political attributes in his concept of party.

Author Biographies

Giovanny Simon Machado, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Mestre em Serviço Social pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis-SC, Brasil.

Soraya Franzoni Conde, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Doutora em Educação pela UFSC, professora do Departamento de Estudos Especializados em Educação, do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da UFSC e colaboradora no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Serviço Social/UFSC, Florianópolis-SC, Brasil.

Published

2017-06-13

How to Cite

Machado, G. S., & Conde, S. F. (2017). Aspects of the Organizational Structure of the Party in Lenin’s Pre-1917 Writings. Lutas Sociais, 21(38), 80–94. https://doi.org/10.23925/ls.v21i38.33245