Economism (Russian socialist current)

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Economism was a late-19th-century Russian socialist current that prioritized workers’ immediate economic struggles over broader political revolution, provoking sharp criticism from Lenin and other Marxists.

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instanceOf Russian Marxist current ⓘ
political tendency ⓘ
socialist current ⓘ
associatedWith Economist trend in Russian Social Democracy ⓘ
broaderMovement international socialist movement ⓘ
consideredByOpponentsAs form of opportunism ⓘ
trade-unionism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
criticizedBy Russian Social Democratic Labour Party radicals ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
orthodox Marxists in Russia ⓘ
criticizedIn Lenin’s pamphlet "What Is To Be Done?" ⓘ
linked to: What Is to Be Done?
downplayed revolutionary political leadership ⓘ
emphasized spontaneous workers’ movement ⓘ
focus trade-union demands ⓘ
workers’ immediate economic struggles ⓘ
historicalContext development of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party ⓘ
pre-revolutionary Russian socialist movement ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation reformist socialism ⓘ
ideology Marxism ⓘ
influencedDebateOn relationship between economic and political struggle ⓘ
role of political party in workers’ movement ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse Russian ⓘ
legacy foil for development of Leninist conception of the party ⓘ
negative example in Leninist theory ⓘ
opposedBy Iskra group ⓘ
Leninist current ⓘ
opposedFocus broader political revolution ⓘ
positionOnPartyRole limited role for centralized revolutionary party ⓘ
positionOnPoliticalStruggle secondary to economic struggle ⓘ
relatedConcept economism (general political term) ⓘ
relatedTo trade union movement in the Russian Empire ⓘ
startTime late 19th century ⓘ
timePeriod 1890s ⓘ
early 1900s ⓘ
viewedByLeninAs failure to develop class consciousness beyond economic demands ⓘ
subordination of socialism to trade-unionism ⓘ

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What Is to Be Done? → influencedBy → Economism (Russian socialist current) ⓘ
Economism (Russian socialist current) → associatedWith → Economist trend in Russian Social Democracy ⓘ
linked to: Economism (Russian socialist current)
Economism in the Russian socialist movement → hasAlternativeName → Russian Economism ⓘ
linked to: Economism (Russian socialist current)
Economism in the Russian socialist movement → associatedWith → the Economists faction in Russian Social Democracy ⓘ
linked to: Economism (Russian socialist current)