Aporia, force, violence

Chris Doss chrisd at russiajournal.com
Mon Oct 29 00:04:04 PST 2001


Chris Burford said:

In response to Greg and Chris Doss I commented:


>Yes in my copy of State and Revolution I have ringed the English word
>"violent" where Lenin, as you quote, refers to "this panegyric on violent
>revolution" and I have noted in the margin that "Engels uses the word
'force' "

The Russian word for "force" would be "sila," which just means "strength" or "power," and can have a military connotation.

Chris Doss The Russia Journal



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