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[[File:Hoxha Translated Works.jpg|right|thumb|Translated works of [[Enver Hoxha]], a major anti-revisionist theorist.]] | [[File:Hoxha Translated Works.jpg|right|thumb|Translated works of [[Enver Hoxha]], a major anti-revisionist theorist.]] | ||
'''Anti-revisionism''' is a position among [[Communism|communists]] that seeks to oppose [[revisionism]] and [[opportunism]] in all its forms while remaining true to [[Marxism|Marxist]] principles. Anti-revisionism was practiced as early as [[Vladimir Lenin]], who wrote works such as ''[[Marxism and Revisionism]]'' which analyzed so-called "[[evolutionary socialism]]" and other [[Reformism|reformist]] trends. Anti-revisionism in its modern form emerged in the 1950s and 1960s as a reaction to the rise of [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and his policy of [[de-Stalinization]], with [[Enver Hoxha]] and [[Mao Zedong]] spearheading the movement to defend [[Joseph Stalin]] from Khrushchev's attacks. In the modern day, anti-revisionists generally belong to either "[[Hoxhaism]]" or [[Maoism]]. | '''Anti-revisionism''' is a position among [[Communism|communists]] that seeks to oppose [[revisionism]] and [[opportunism]] in all its forms while remaining true to [[Marxism|Marxist]] principles. Anti-revisionism was practiced as early as [[Vladimir Lenin]], who wrote works such as ''[[Marxism and Revisionism]]'' which analyzed so-called "[[evolutionary socialism]]" and other [[Reformism|reformist]] trends. Anti-revisionism in its modern form emerged in the 1950s and 1960s as a reaction to the rise of [[Nikita Khrushchev]] and his policy of [[de-Stalinization]], with [[Enver Hoxha]] and [[Mao Zedong]] spearheading the movement to defend [[Joseph Stalin]] from Khrushchev's attacks. In the modern day, anti-revisionists generally belong to either "[[Hoxhaism]]" or [[Maoism]]. | ||
==Concepts== | |||
Despite the often large political differences between the two major schools of anti-revisionism — [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albanian]] and [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] — there are some shared concepts in their thought. | |||
===Capitalist restoration in socialist states=== | |||
Anti-revisionists generally hold that the [[Soviet Union]] underwent capitalist restoration after about 1956, when Khrushchev declared the proletarian dictatorship over and replaced with a "state of the whole people." Unlike many Marxist–Leninists, who argue that the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]], while making a considerable mistake, did not amount to a fundamental change in the Soviet Union's character as a [[socialist state]]. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/erol.htm Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line], on the Marxists Internet Archive | * [https://www.marxists.org/history/erol/erol.htm Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line], on the Marxists Internet Archive | ||
[[Category:Marxism–Leninism]] | [[Category:Marxism–Leninism]] | ||
Revision as of 22:29, 16 July 2026
Anti-revisionism is a position among communists that seeks to oppose revisionism and opportunism in all its forms while remaining true to Marxist principles. Anti-revisionism was practiced as early as Vladimir Lenin, who wrote works such as Marxism and Revisionism which analyzed so-called "evolutionary socialism" and other reformist trends. Anti-revisionism in its modern form emerged in the 1950s and 1960s as a reaction to the rise of Nikita Khrushchev and his policy of de-Stalinization, with Enver Hoxha and Mao Zedong spearheading the movement to defend Joseph Stalin from Khrushchev's attacks. In the modern day, anti-revisionists generally belong to either "Hoxhaism" or Maoism.
Concepts
Despite the often large political differences between the two major schools of anti-revisionism — Albanian and Chinese — there are some shared concepts in their thought.
Capitalist restoration in socialist states
Anti-revisionists generally hold that the Soviet Union underwent capitalist restoration after about 1956, when Khrushchev declared the proletarian dictatorship over and replaced with a "state of the whole people." Unlike many Marxist–Leninists, who argue that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, while making a considerable mistake, did not amount to a fundamental change in the Soviet Union's character as a socialist state.
External links
- Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line, on the Marxists Internet Archive