Vladimir Lenin
Russian revolutionary theorist whose What Is to Be Done? proposed the vanguard party as the instrument of revolutionary change. Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism extended Marxist analysis to colonialism. He led the October Revolution and founded the Soviet state.
Works
- What Is to Be Done?Blueprint for a revolutionary party of professional organizers and ideological discipline
- Imperialism, the Highest Stage of CapitalismAnalysis of monopoly capitalism's highest stage of development leading to imperialism
- The State and RevolutionMarxist account of revolutionary transformation and the withering away of the state
- Materialism and Empirio-CriticismPhilosophical critique of empiricism and defense of Marxist materialism
- The April ThesesPolitical program outlining immediate demands for the Russian Revolution