Social Forces of Victories and Defeats of Socialism in the XX Century

Occupation: Director of the Center for Modern Marxist Studies, Prof., Department of Political Economy; Head Researcher; Visiting Prof.
Affiliation:
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation
Hainan Normal University
Harbin University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 12

Pages

56-66

Abstract

The author argues that the main reasons for the disintegration of the USSR, mainly objective in nature, are the departure from the socialist trajectory of development, and lie in the socio-economic and economic-political spheres, but not in the field of geopolitics. Based on the use of the currently ignored dialectical-materialist method and the socio-philosophical developments of the post-Soviet school of critical Marxism, the contradictions that became the basis of both progress and regression of the «red» (communist) line of development of the USSR are highlighted. These contradictions make it possible to characterize the social system of the USSR as an advanced mutation of the general historical trend in the genesis of the «kingdom of freedom». It is shown that the social basis for the USSR dissolution was the displacement of social and creative principles by relations (and the actors representing them) of alienation in the USSR and other countries of the world socialist system.

Keywords

USSR, socialism, Marxism, dialectical-materialist method, post-Soviet school of critical Marxism, alienation, disalienation

Received

18.12.2021

Publication date

24.12.2021

Number of characters

31420

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GOST	Buzgalin A. Social Forces of Victories and Defeats of Socialism in the XX Century // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2021. – Issue 12 C. 56-66 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250015253-1-1-en (circulation date: 21.01.2025). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250015253-1
MLA	Buzgalin, Alexander "Social Forces of Victories and Defeats of Socialism in the XX Century." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 12 (2021):56-66. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250015253-1
APA	Buzgalin A. (2021). Social Forces of Victories and Defeats of Socialism in the XX Century. Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (12), pp.56-66 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250015253-1

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