| 9 | THE THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNISM |
| Chapter 1 | |
| FROM A UTOPIA TO A SCIENCE | |
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1. Utopian Socialism and Its Place
in History |
|
| 13 | [introduction.] |
| 15 | Utopians of the 18th Century |
| 18 | Great Utopian Socialists of the 19th Century |
| 23 | Russian Utopian Socialists |
| 25 | The Historical Place of Utopian Socialism |
|
2. The Evolution of Socialism from
a Utopia to a Science. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels |
|
| 28 | [introduction.] |
| 29 | Inevitability of the Revolutionary Replacement of Capitalism by Socialism |
| 31 |
Essence of Man and the Trend
of His Development |
| 34 | Emancipation of the Working Man—the Historic Mission of the Working Class |
| 37 |
Social Processes
Can Be Guided |
| 40 |
Unity of Theory and
Revolutionary Action |
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3. The Leninist Phase of Scientific
Communism |
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| 44 |
Creative Nature of
Scientific Communism |
| 46 |
Theoretician of Scientific
Communism |
| 47 |
Lenin’s Theory of
Socialist Revolution |
| 49 |
Leader of the World
Communist Movement |
| 50 |
Fighfer for the Purity
of Marxism |
| 52 |
Development of Scientific
Communism After Lenin |
| Chapter 2 | |
|
NATURE OF THE MODERN EPOCH.
GROWTH OF THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM INTO THE DECISIVE FACTOR OF WORLD DEVELOPMENT |
|
| 54 | [introduction.] |
| 1. The Modern Epoch | |
| 54 | [introduction.] |
| 55 |
Main Content of
the Modern Epoch |
| 57 |
October Revolution,
Beginning of the Present Epoch |
| 59 |
The World Revolutionary
Process and Its Main
Driving Forces |
|
2. Emergence and Developmeni
of the World Socialist System |
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| 61 |
Formation of the World
System of Socialism |
| 61 |
New Type of Relations
Between States |
| 63 | Closer Unity |
| 3. Decisive Force of World Development | |
| 64 |
Basic Contradiction
of the Present Epoch |
| 67 |
The Revolutionising
Force of Example |
| 71 |
World Socialism and the
Working Class Movement |
| 72 |
World Socialism
and the National Liberation Movement |
| 74 |
World Socialism and the
Struggle for Peace |
| Chapter 3 | |
|
CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM AND
THE REVOLUTIONARY WORKING-CLASS MOVEMENT |
|
| 76 | [introduction.] |
| 1. The Crisis of World Capitalism | |
| 76 | [introduction.] |
| 77 |
The New, Third Stage
of the General Crisis |
| 80 |
State-Monopoly Regulation
and the Working Class |
| 84 | Capitalism Versus Man |
|
2. Principal Features
of the Revolutionary Struggle of the Working Class |
|
| 89 | [introduction.] |
| 89 |
Scale of the
Strike Struggle |
| 91 |
Combining Economic
and Political Forms of Struggle |
| 92 |
Enlargement of the
Social Basis |
| 93 |
Indissoluble Bond
Between Democratic and Socialist Tasks |
| 95 |
Closing the Split
Is a Major Task of the Working-Class Movement |
|
3. Ways and Means of Accomplishing
the Socialist Revolution |
|
| 96 | [introduction.] |
| 4. Present-Day Communist Movement | |
| 101 |
At the Head of the Forces
of Revolution |
| 103 | Strategy and Tactics |
| 106 | General Line |
| Chapter 4 | |
| NATIONAL LIBERATION REVOLUTIONS | |
| 112 | [introduction.] |
|
1. Disintegration
of the Imperialist Colonial System |
|
| 112 |
Collapse of the Colonial
System—a Feature of the Contemporary Epoch |
| 114 |
Significance of the
National Liberation Movement |
| 115 |
The Danger of
Neo-Colonialism |
|
2. The National Liberation Revolution
and Its Driving Forces |
|
| 118 | [introduction.] |
| 118 |
Nature of the National
Liberation Revolution |
| 120 |
Driving Forces of
the National Liberation Revolution |
| 3. Economic Independence | |
| 124 | [introduction.] |
| 124 |
New Stage of
the Revolution |
|
4. Two Possible Ways
of Development—Capitalist and Non-Capitalist |
|
| 127 | [introduction.] |
| 128 |
The Liberated Countries
and Capitalism |
| 129 |
Experience of Non–
Capitalist Development |
| 130 | Substance of Non– Capitalist Development |
| 132 |
Liberated Peoples
Choose Socialism |
| 135 |
Factors Facilitating
the Transition to the Non-Capitalist Road |
| Chapter 5 | |
|
THE WORLD REVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE |
|
| 137 | [introduction.] |
|
1. Marxism-Leninism on Just
and Unjust Wars |
|
| 137 | Causes of War |
| 139 | Just and Unjust Wars |
| 2. Peaceful Coexistence | |
| 140 |
Leninist Principle
of Peaceful Coexistence |
| 144 |
The Class Struggle
and Peaceful Coexistence |
| 145 |
The Ideological
Struggle and Peaceful Coexistence |
| 148 | Problem of Disarmament |
| 149 |
Guarding the Gains
of Socialism |
| Chapter 6 | |
|
SOCIALISM, FIRST PHASE
OF COMMUNIST SOCIETY |
|
| 151 |
Indispensability
of a Period of Transition |
|
1. General Laws and Diversify
of the Forms of Socialist Construction |
|
| 152 | [introduction.] |
| 153 |
Dictatorship of the
Proletariat—the Decisive Condition for Socialist Construction |
| 156 | Economic Reforms |
| 164 |
Reforms in
National Relations |
| 166 | Cultural Revolution |
| 169 |
2. The Transition Period
and the Non-Capitalist Road of Development |
| 3. Socialist Society | |
| 172 | [introduction.] |
| 172 |
Socialism and Communism
—Two Phases of the New Society |
| 174 | Economy of Socialism |
| 178 |
Class Pattern of
Socialist Society |
| 179 | Political Organisation |
| 183 |
C.P.S.U.—Vanguard
of the People |
| 184 |
Spiritual Culture
of Socialism |
| 185 |
Socialism and
the Individual |
| 189 |
4. From Socialism to Communism.
The Building of Communism |
| Chapter 7 | |
|
SCIENTIFIC DIRECTION OF COMMUNIST
CONSTRUCTION |
|
| 191 | [introduction.] |
| 192 |
1. Socialism,
a Consciously Directed Society |
|
2. Principles Underlying
the Scientific Direction of Communist Construction |
|
| 195 |
Objectivity and the
Concrete Situation |
| 198 |
Efficiency
and Optimality |
| 200 |
People’s Interests
and Requirements |
| 202 | The Main Link |
| 202 | Democratic Centralism |
| 204 | 3. Subject of Administration |
| 208 |
4. Improvement of the System
of Administration—an Important Condition for the Success of Communist Construction |
| Chapter 8 | |
|
MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL BASIS
OF COMMUNISM |
|
| 212 | [introduction.] |
| 212 |
1. The Function of the Material
and Technical Basis |
|
2. Features and Ways of Building the Material and
Technical Basis of Communism |
|
| 214 | [introduction.] |
| 215 |
Automation and
Mechanisation |
| 216 |
Power Engineering
Industry |
| 217 | Chemicalisation |
| 218 | Agricultural Production |
| 3. Science as a Direct Productive Force | |
| 220 |
The Modern Scientific
and Technical Revolution and Its Significance |
| 223 |
The Future of Science
Is the Future of Production |
| 225 |
All the Potentialities
of Science for Production |
| 4. Man and Technology | |
| 226 | [introduction.] |
| 226 |
Evolution of the
Man-Machine System |
| 229 |
Will Machines
Replace Man? |
| 233 |
Demands Made of
Man by Machines |
| 237 |
Technology, Man
and Naure |
| 5. Communism and Labour | |
| 237 | [introduction.] |
| 238 | Communist Labour |
| 241 |
The Conditions for
Turning Labour into a Vital Necessity |
| 243 |
Communist Division
of Labour |
| 244 | Incentives for Work |
| 246 |
Developing the
Personality Through Creative Work |
| 249 |
Leisure Time and
the Development of the Individual |
| Chapter 9 | |
|
FROM SOCIALIST TO COMMUNIST
SOCIAL RELATIONS |
|
| 252 | [introduction.] |
| 1. Towards Communist Distribution | |
| 252 | [introduction.] |
| 252 | Capability |
| 254 |
From Each According
to His Ability |
| 256 | Needs |
| 258 |
To Each According
to His Needs |
| 262 |
The Road To
Economic Equality |
| 2. Towards Social Equality | |
| 265 | [introduction.] |
| 265 |
Towards a Single
People’s Ownership |
| 269 |
Surmounting the Essential
Distinctions Between Town and Country |
| 274 |
Surmounting the
Essential Distinctions Between Mental and Physical Labour |
| 276 |
Development and Drawing
Together of Nations |
| 3. Towards Social Self-Administration | |
| 280 | [introduction.] |
| 280 |
The Ability to
Administer—a Feature of the New Man |
| 282 |
Extension of Socialist
Democracy |
| 284 |
Enhancement of the Role
of Mass Organisations |
| 287 |
Growth of the Role
of the C.P.S.U. |
| 288 |
Withering Away
of the State |
| Chapter 10 | |
| MOULDING THE NEW MAN | |
| 292 | [introduction.] |
|
1. The Need for Communist
Education |
|
| 293 | [introduction.] |
| 296 |
Fundamental Principles
of Education |
| 298 |
Means of Communist
Education |
| 300 |
2. Spiritual Culture and the Advancement
of the Individual |
|
3. Scientific Philosophy
and the Struggle Against Hostile Ideology |
|
| 303 | [introduction.] |
| 304 |
Formation of a Scientific
World Outlook |
| 306 | Atheistic Education |
| 306 |
Struggle Against
Bourgeois Ideology |
| 4. Education Through Labour | |
| 308 |
Core of Communist
Education |
| 308 | Inculcation of Respect for All Useful Work |
| 5. Moral Education | |
| 310 | [introduction.] |
| 310 | Communist Morality |
| 311 |
Basic Moral Principles
of the Builder of Communism |
| 313 |
Soviet Patriotism
and Proletarian Internationalism |
| 316 |
Survivals of Capitalism
and Ways and Means of Surmounting Them |
| 318 | Morality and Knowledge |
| 321 |
Needs As a Factor
of Man’s Behaviour |
| 323 |
Formation of Needs
as a Principal Means of Moral Education |
| 326 | 6. Aesthetic Education |
| 329 | 7. Physical Improvement |
| 8. Communism and Freedom of the Individual | |
| 331 | [introduction.] |
| 332 |
Freedom of the
Individual under Communism |
| 334 |
Freedom and
Responsibility of the Individual |
| 335 |
Communism—Embodiment
of Humanism |
| 338 | FOR SOCIALISM, FOR COMMUNISM |
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