{"id":10,"date":"2014-08-14T15:39:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T19:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2014-10-11T11:17:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-11T15:17:09","slug":"page-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/page-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ecstasy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"posttitle\">The communist dream came to fruition in the 20th century. \u00a0Yet the revolutions that brought its adherents to power did not take place under the circumstances that Marx and Engels predicted. \u00a0As a result, the interpretations of the dream and the institutions and incentives that were chosen to realize it were different as well.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong>7. \u00a0Wednesday, September 17<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong>Leninism: \u00a0Part I<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><em>Discussion<\/em>: \u00a0With V. I. Lenin&#8217;s help, Marxism becomes a party in revolutionary Russia. We will discuss his\u00a0challenging, foundational document\u00a0about the communist party,\u201cWhat is to be Done?\u201d \u00a0The essay&#8217;s purpose in 1902 was to motivate people to join Lenin\u2019s army. \u00a0Lenin mentions lots of parties and groups which will probably not be familiar to you.\u00a0 With the exception of the &#8220;Economists\u201d and the \u00a0&#8220;Social Democrats,&#8221; don\u2019t worry about the others. \u00a0How is Lenin&#8217;s image of revolution different from the one you find in the\u00a0<em>Communist Manifesto<\/em>? Or the same? \u00a0As you read Lenin, refer back to our readings from another founder, the Apostle Paul. \u00a0Paul founded a revolutionary church. \u00a0Lenin founded a revolutionary party.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">Why might\u00a0you have found Lenin&#8217;s argument appealing in turn-of-the-century \u00a0Russia?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selections from V. I. Lenin,\u00a0<em>What is to be Done<\/em>\u00a0(1902): \u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Communistdream14\/Lenini_WITBD.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rosenberg and Young,\u00a0<em>Transforming Russia and China<\/em>. \u00a0READ: \u00a0Chapter I<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Ginsberg, &#8220;Why violence works&#8221;: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/why-violence-works\/\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What makes the Marine Corps Special?&#8221; \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmc81.com\/2009\/01\/an-army-officer-sums-up-what-makes-marines-different\/\">READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Selections from the Apostle Paul: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/the-apostle-paul\/\">RE-READ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong><strong><strong> 8. \u00a0Monday, \u00a0September 22<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong><strong> Leninis<\/strong>m: \u00a0Part II<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><em>Discussion<\/em>: \u00a0Lenin goes beyond the world of practical politics to imagine a communist future. \u00a0Lenin\u2019s pamphlet\u00a0<em>State and Revolution<\/em>\u00a0is a provocative contrast with\u00a0<em>What is to be Done? \u00a0<\/em>Unlike in 1902, when the Bolsheviks barely existed, Lenin was trying to prepare\u00a0his followers psychologically for coming to power. \u00a0As you read these excerpts, ask yourself about Lenin\u2019s images of politics after the revolution: one corresponds to the overthrow of the old state and its replacement with a new\u00a0form of state organization\u00a0(\u201csocialism\u201d);\u00a0the other is the final stage of human history (\u201ccommunism\u201d). \u00a0Both periods show up in\u00a0<em>The Communist Manifesto<\/em>, but in sketchier ways. \u00a0Ponder Lenin&#8217;s view of the relationship between these two periods. \u00a0How does one go from the first to the second?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Selections from V. I. Lenin,\u00a0<em>The State and Revolution:\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Communistdream14\/Lenin%20State%20and%20Revolution.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rosenberg and Young,\u00a0<em>Transforming Russia and China<\/em>, Chapter II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\" style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/red-guard.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/red-guard.jpg\" alt=\"red-guard\" width=\"480\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/red-guard.jpg 480w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/red-guard-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong style=\"font-size: 13px\"><strong><br \/>\n9. \u00a0Wednesday, September 24<\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">NO CLASS<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">The Nanovic Institute is hosting an international conference in Rome. \u00a0Participants include all of the major Catholic universities in post-communist Europe, especially from the Ukrainian Catholic University. \u00a0The topic of the conference, which will be held at Notre Dame&#8217;s new building near the Colosseum, is the role of Catholic universities in educating students to be constructive citizens. \u00a0As a result, I will have rushed out of class after Monday&#8217;s seminar and taken off for Europe. \u00a0I will rejoin you on Monday, September 29.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong> 10. \u00a0Monday, September 29<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<div class=\"entry\"><em>Discussion<\/em>:\u00a0 Great Writing, Persuasive Criticism George Orwell is one of the best stylists in the English language.\u00a0 His works are deceptively easy to read.\u00a0 Most people cannot write like this.\u00a0 I want you to try. Why does anyone take the time to engage in the brutal act of writing? \u00a0Great writing is never neutral.\u00a0 That\u2019s what makes it great. Readings from\u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kirjasto.sci.fi\/gorwell.htm\">George Orwell<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cWhy I write\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/orwell.ru\/library\/essays\/wiw\/english\/e_wiw\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>George Orwell:\u00a0 Facsimile\u00a0(handout)<\/li>\n<li>Mystery Facsimile (handout)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPolitics and the English Language\u201d\u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.resort.com\/~prime8\/Orwell\/patee.html\">PRINT AND READ<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\n<p><strong><strong>11. Wednesday, October 1<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong>Stalin, the Formation of the Soviet Union, and the Declaration of Socialism: Part 1<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">\u201cI congratulate the Magnitogorsk workers and executive staff on their first important victory. Forward, comrades, to new victories!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<strong>J. Stalin<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Pravda<\/em>, May 19, 1931)<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">In this section, we discuss the views of an American participant in Stalin&#8217;s &#8220;heroic&#8221; construction of socialism. \u00a0It is possible to view this period as a second Russian Revolution.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Scott,\u00a0<em>Behind the Urals:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>READ (read as much as possible)<\/li>\n<li>Video on\u00a0\u201cUSSR Industrialization\u201d:\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F_8e_OUUA2s\">WATCH<\/a>\u00a0(19 mins.). This video focuses on Magnitogorsk and includes commentary from John Scott<\/li>\n<li>Rosenberg and Young,\u00a0<em>Transforming Russia and China<\/em>, pp. 120-134, 147-166, 189-209.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><br \/>\n\u2013FIRST ESSAY ASSIGNMENT<\/strong>: \u00a0Your essay question is \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/essay-assignment-1\/\">HERE<\/a>\u00a0&#8212;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong><br \/>\n12. Monday, October 6<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong>Stalin, the Formation of the Soviet Union, and the Realization of Socialism: \u00a0Part 2<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">In-Class Film:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/leftfilmreview.net\/2012\/03\/30\/circus-1936\/\">\u201cThe Circus\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 (1936):\u00a0\u00a0We meet at the Nanovic Institute to watch this intriguingly\u2013even bizarrely\u2013glorified depiction of Stalinism.<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_290\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/Circus_poster1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-290\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-290\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/Circus_poster1-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Circus&quot; poster\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/Circus_poster1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/Circus_poster1.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-290\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Circus&#8221; poster<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong> 13. \u00a0Wednesday, October 8<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong>Stalin, the Formation of the Soviet Union, and the Realization of Socialism: \u00a0Part 3<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\">We begin to sense from Scott&#8217;s account that something is going wrong the ideal image of building Soviet socialism. \u00a0What are the symptoms of this dysfunction and why are they occurring?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Josef Stalin, \u201cThe Tasks of Business Executives\u201d (February 1931):\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.nd.edu\/~amcadams\/Communistdream14\/Stalin_The_Tasks.html\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>John Scott,\u00a0<em>Behind the Urals:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>READ \u00a0(finish the book and don\u2019t forget the very important appendix including his diary notes&#8212;his activities raise intriguing questions about his beliefs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong> 14. \u00a0Monday, October 13<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><strong>The Origins of Maoism in China<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry\"><em>Discussion<\/em>: \u00a0We consider the similarities and differences between Lenin\u2019s image of the march toward communism and that of Mao Zedong. \u00a0Look closely at the two authors\u2019 rhetorical style. \u00a0What different features of revolutionary activity do they emphasize? Which ones are less prominent? \u00a0Under what conditions would you support them?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mao Zedong, \u201cReport on the Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan\u201d: \u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/reference\/archive\/mao\/selected-works\/volume-1\/mswv1_2.htm\">PRINT AND READ\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mao Zedong, \u201cA Single Spark can start a Prairie Fire\u201d:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/a-single-spark\/\">PRINT AND READ<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rosenberg and Young,\u00a0<em>Transforming Russia and China.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0READ: \u00a0Chapter III.<\/li>\n<li>Watch the first 10 minutes of this video to get a general sense for the period we are discussing: \u00a0<a style=\"color: #185e15\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TfJy_wduFy4\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/cropped-chinese_prop_post1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-261\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/cropped-chinese_prop_post1.jpg\" alt=\"cropped-chinese_prop_post\" width=\"700\" height=\"146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/cropped-chinese_prop_post1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/communist-dream-2014\/files\/2014\/08\/cropped-chinese_prop_post1-300x62.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0\u03a9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><b>NOTE<\/b>:\u00a0\u00a0<i>Please turn off and do not use your technology during class.\u00a0 This includes electronic devices of any kind, such as laptops, i-Pads, FBI trap-and-trace devices, cell phones, Kindles, transistor radios, video cameras, video games, or other personal digital devices.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The communist dream came to fruition in the 20th century. \u00a0Yet the revolutions that brought its adherents to power did not take place under the circumstances that Marx and Engels predicted. \u00a0As a result, the interpretations of the dream and the institutions and incentives that were chosen to realize it were different as well. 7. 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