The New Course
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The New Course is a 1923 political work by Leon Trotsky in which he critiques the emerging bureaucratization of the Soviet state and party after the Russian Revolution.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The New Course canonical | 3 |
| Новый курс | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T513028 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Course Context triple: [Leon Trotsky, notableWork, The New Course]
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A.
On Practice
"On Practice" is a philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that expounds a Marxist theory of knowledge, emphasizing the primacy of practical experience in the formation and testing of ideas.
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B.
Siete Leyes
Siete Leyes were a series of centralist constitutional reforms enacted in Mexico in 1836 that replaced the federal system with a more centralized government structure.
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C.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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D.
A Path Where No Man Thought
A Path Where No Man Thought is a science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores nuclear winter and the catastrophic global consequences of nuclear war.
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E.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The New Course Target entity description: The New Course is a 1923 political work by Leon Trotsky in which he critiques the emerging bureaucratization of the Soviet state and party after the Russian Revolution.
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A.
On Practice
"On Practice" is a philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that expounds a Marxist theory of knowledge, emphasizing the primacy of practical experience in the formation and testing of ideas.
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B.
Siete Leyes
Siete Leyes were a series of centralist constitutional reforms enacted in Mexico in 1836 that replaced the federal system with a more centralized government structure.
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C.
North to the Orient
North to the Orient is a 1935 travel memoir by Anne Morrow Lindbergh recounting her pioneering survey flights with her husband Charles Lindbergh across the North Atlantic and into East Asia.
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D.
A Path Where No Man Thought
A Path Where No Man Thought is a science book by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan that explores nuclear winter and the catastrophic global consequences of nuclear war.
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E.
The Undiscovered Country
The Undiscovered Country is an 1880 novel by American realist author William Dean Howells that explores spiritualism, social life, and moral dilemmas in post–Civil War New England.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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political work ⓘ |
| advocates |
defense of revolutionary principles of 1917
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inner-party democracy ⓘ workers’ control ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
defend revolutionary democracy in the Soviet state
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warn against consolidation of a privileged bureaucracy ⓘ |
| associatedWith | intra-party struggle after Lenin’s illness ⓘ |
| author | Leon Trotsky ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| criticizes |
bureaucratic tendencies in the Communist Party
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concentration of power in party leadership ⓘ emerging Soviet bureaucracy ⓘ tendencies toward one‑party dictatorship within the party ⓘ |
| discusses |
party factionalism
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problems of party leadership ⓘ relationship between party and working class ⓘ role of youth in the Communist Party ⓘ |
| form | collection of articles and essays ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist literature
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasAuthorRole | Trotsky as leading Bolshevik ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The New Course ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheme |
conflict between rank-and-file and party apparatus
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danger of bureaucratic caste formation ⓘ degeneration of revolutionary parties ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
early 1920s Soviet Union
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post–Russian Civil War period ⓘ |
| ideologicalBasis | Leninism as interpreted by Trotsky ⓘ |
| influenced | later Trotskyist critiques of Stalinism ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Bolshevik Party democracy
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Russian Revolution ⓘ bureaucratization of the Communist Party ⓘ bureaucratization of the Soviet state ⓘ internal politics of the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Новый курс
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linked to:
The New Course
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| politicalOrientation |
Marxist
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Trotskyist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bolshevik Party debates of the 1920s
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Left Opposition in the Soviet Union ⓘ Soviet Communist Party internal opposition ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed | early New Economic Policy era ⓘ |
| workType | non-fiction ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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linked to: The New Course