Why is Lenin a personality who divides historians?
The study of Lenin by contemporary historians is an issue, which causes great controversy and debate to this day. There are many reasons for this apparent conflict of opinions and even more reasons as to why they arise. It is therefore a good idea to break down these issues, to better understand why they cause the problems they do, by fist looking at Lenin himself.It is thus considered, that no matter what political or historical background you approach Lenin from it is clear that he was an exceptional human being, even if you don¡¦t like the policies or ideology he stood for. This however is the first point of contention, namely the fact that Lenin did not have a firm ideological viewpoint in the traditional sense. Instead it has been argued that Lenin was in fact operating from a personally adapted form of Marxism. This is essentially where Leninism come from, not being a totally new way of thinking but actually applying Marx¡¦s thoughts in a practical context. For this reason Lenin was know to have disagreed with Marx over the actual timing of any revolution. Marx had stated that any revolution by the proletariat would occur within a capitalist system and that a period of communism could only be supported by the infrast
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