''Our Revolution'' (russian: Наша революция) is a book by
Leon Trotsky
Lev Davidovich Bronstein. ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky; uk, link= no, Лев Давидович Троцький; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trotskij'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky''. (), was a Russian ...
, published in 1906. Its final article, "Results and Prospects" (), became the most important and famous part of the work. In the book, Trotsky completed formation of his concept of "
permanent revolution
Permanent revolution is the strategy of a revolutionary class pursuing its own interests independently and without compromise or alliance with opposing sections of society. As a term within Marxist theory, it was first coined by Karl Marx and ...
" and "the law of
uneven and combined development
Uneven and combined development (or unequal and combined development or uneven development) is a concept in Marxian political economy intended to describe dynamics of human history involving the interaction of capitalist laws of motion and starti ...
". It blamed the failure of the
1905 Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution of 1905,. also known as the First Russian Revolution,. occurred on 22 January 1905, and was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through vast areas of the Russian Empire. The mass unrest was directed again ...
on the inability of the
bourgeoisie
The bourgeoisie ( , ) is a social class, equivalent to the middle or upper middle class. They are distinguished from, and traditionally contrasted with, the proletariat by their affluence, and their great cultural and financial capital. They ...
to lead a
liberal democratic
Liberal democracy is the combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government. It is characterized by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into diff ...
revolution, and as such indicated the beginning of Trotsky's ideological shift from the
Mensheviks
The Mensheviks (russian: меньшевики́, from меньшинство 'minority') were one of the three dominant factions in the Russian socialist movement, the others being the Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries.
The factions eme ...
to the
Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
.
[Figes, Orlando (1996). ''A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924''. London: Jonathan Cape. pp. 168–169. . .]
References
Literature
* ''Knei-Paz B''. The Social and Political Thought of Leon Trotsky. — 1st. — Oxford University Press, 1978. — 652 p. — .
* ''Saccarelli E''. Gramsci and Trotsky in the Shadow of Stalinism: The Political Theory and Practice of Opposition. — Routledge, 2008. — 320 p. — .
* ''Brossat A''. Aux origines de la révolution permanente: la pensée politique du jeune Trotsky. — F. Maspero, 1974. — 319 p. — (Les Textes à l'appui. Histoire contemporaine).
* ''Howard M. C.'', ''King J. E''. Trotsky on Uneven and Combined Development // A History of Marxian Economics. — Princeton University Press, 1989. — Т. I: 1883—1929. — 374 p. — (Princeton Legacy Library, 1). — .
* ''Löwy M''. Permanent revolution in Russia // The Politics of Combined and Uneven Development: The Theory of Permanent Revolution. — Haymarket Books, 2010. — 162 p. — .
1906 non-fiction books
Works by Leon Trotsky
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