From J.G. Fichte's "the closed commercial state" to "socialism in one country": intellectual origins of Stalinism and Stalinist utopia

Thesis

This thesis examines the intellectual origins of the ideological system underlying the political practices of the Stalinist state. The Stalinist state is understood here as the regime which had superseded the earlier, transitional, Bolshevist state born as a result of the 1917 October revolution. The latter lasted for slightly over ten years. Its successor emerged in the course of a second transitional period which started sometime around late 1927 — early 1928 and came to a close four yea...

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Authors: Sorochkin, Y

• Alternative title: Intellectual origins of Stalinism and Stalinist utopia
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Stalinism; Soviet history; Soviet economic policies; German social democracy; currency exchange monopoly; foreign trade monopoly; Georg von Vollmar; Closed commercial state; isolationism; socialism in one country; Johann Gottlieb Fichte
• Subjects: Stalinism; Socialism; Fichte; history of ideas