Lucien Laurat

Otto Maschl (1898–1973), better known as Lucien Laurat,[1] was an Austrian Marxist and author, mostly known in the English-speaking world for his book Marxism and Democracy.[2] He was part of the Anti-Stalinist left.[3][1]

In Marxism and Democracy Laurat provides an examination into the views of Rosa Luxemburg and her critique of Leninism. He examines the way she describes the changing roles of governing forces away from simply imposing their will to maintain power to a system of enlightening the masses and becoming a function of their collective or a majoritive portion of their collective wills.[4] Laurat was one of the first to argue that the Soviet society was neither capitalist nor socialist, but a bureaucratic oligarchy (see Nomenklatura).[3]

Publications
  • Marxism and Democracy, London, 1940
  • Le drame économique et monétaire français depuis la libération, with Marcelle Pommera, Les Îles d'Or, Paris, 1953[5]

References
  1. Milani, Tommaso. Hendrik de Man and Social Democracy. Springer Nature. p. 109. ISBN 978-3-030-42534-0. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. van der Linden, Marcel (2007). Western Marxism and the Soviet Union: A Survey of Critical Theories and Debates Since 1917. Translated by Bendien, Jurriaan. Brill. pp. 69–73.
  3. Birchall, Ian H. (2004). Sartre Against Stalinism. Berghahn Books. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-78238-973-6. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. Understanding Marxism : an approach through dialogue, WHC Eddy, Basil Blackwell, Australia, 1979, pp 142
  5. Le Drame Économique Et Monétaire Français Depuis La Libération, Foreign Affairs, review by Henry L. Roberts, July 1954


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