The Defence of Terrorism (Routledge Revivals) - 9781138015302

Name: The Defence of Terrorism (Routledge Revivals) - 9781138015302
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Defence of Terrorism (Routledge Revivals)Terrorism and Communism\nAuthor(s): Leon Trotsky\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138015302, 978-1138015302\nSynopsis\nThe Defence of Terrorism, originally written in 1920 on a military train during the Russian Civil War, represents one of Trotskys most wide-ranging and original contributions to the debates that dominated the 1920s and 30s. \n\nTrotskys intention is \""far away from any thought of defending terrorism in general\"". Rather, he seeks to promote an historical justification for the Revolution, by demonstrating that history has set up the revolutionary violence of the progressive class against the conservative violence of the outworn classes. The argument is developed in response to the influential Marxist intellectual Karl Kautsky, who refuted Trotskys militarisation of labour and Lenins wholesale rejection of a bloodless revolution. The introduction, writt.