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Trace the evolution of communist utopian thought across centuries in this scholarly examination of ideological development from ancient philosophy to twentieth-century Soviet doctrine. This Routledge publication explores the pivotal 1925 shift when the Soviet Union officially adopted socialism in one country as state policy, a doctrine shaped primarily by Stalin and Bukharin. The book addresses fundamental debates that preceded this ideological turn: whether socialist revolution required universal implementation across Europe and beyond, or whether a single nation could establish a complete socialist society. By connecting Plato's ancient visions to Stalin's controversial single-country doctrine, the work illuminates how political thinkers have imagined communist utopia and the tensions between universalist ideology and nationalist adaptation. Essential for historians, political theorists and students of Soviet history seeking to understand how utopian concepts transformed into twentieth-century political reality.

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Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series edition examines the intellectual foundations of Soviet socialism and state ideology.

Covers utopian communist thought spanning from ancient Plato through Stalin's 1925 official doctrine adoption.

Analyses the theoretical debate between universalist socialist revolution and single-country socialist establishment.

Traces how Stalin and Bukharin formulated and implemented the controversial socialism in one country policy.

Explores tensions between ideological universalism and practical nationalist political adaptation in communist theory.

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10 June 2015
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