Ernest Mandel
Ernest Mandel
Ernest Ezra Mandel, was a revolutionary Marxist theorist...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth5 April 1923
CountryBelgium
party revolution instruments
Revolution is an instrument, like a party is an instrument.
cannot correct fragmented reality total view
They cannot have an overall, total correct view of reality because they see only a fragmented part of that reality.
century history social
After all, the history of the 20th century is the history of social revolutions.
built party vanguard
A vanguard organization is something which is permanent. A vanguard party has to be constructed, has to be built through a long process.
built party vanguard
. A vanguard organization is something which is permanent. A vanguard party has to be constructed, has to be built through a long process.
basic coming conceptual conclude nearly necessity vanguard
Coming out of all these basic conceptual distinctions we can conclude the necessity of a vanguard formation nearly immediately.
change class countries majority society
But that is going to change because the working class has become a majority in society in practically all the important countries of the world.
impossible economic social
For Marx, 'pure' economic theory, that is economic theory which abstracts from a specific social structure, is impossible.
hundred thousand workers
Periodically, the workers do revolt against bourgeois society, not by a hundred, five hundred, or a thousand, but by the millions.
mistake
Mistakes in themselves are unavoidable.
party believe self
I do not believe in self-proclaimed parties.
self marxism critical
Marxism is always open, always critical, always self-critical.
country luxury democracy
Socialist democracy is not, a luxury and its need is not limited to the most advanced industrial countries.
trying revolution socialist
You cannot make a socialist revolution without really trying.