| 9 | THE THEORY OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNISM |
| Chapter 1 | |
| FROM A UTOPIA TO A SCIENCE | |
| 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 |
| 3. The Leninist Phase of Scientific Communism | |
| 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 | |
| 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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