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Art and Revolution: Writings on Literature, Politics & Culture

by Leon Trotsky · 1992

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One of the outstanding revolutionary leaders of the 2Oth century discusses questions of literature, art, and culture in a period of capitalist decline and working-class struggle. In these writings, Trotsky examines the place and aesthetic autonomy of art and artistic expression in the struggle for a new, socialist society.

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literary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of thispoliticspoliticsMore like thisLess of this
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artartMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 252 pages
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essaysessaysMore like thisLess of this

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