Boer R. Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power

Singapore: Springer, 2017. — 240 p. — ISBN10: 9811063664; ISBN13: 978-9811063664.Boer's book, far from both "veneration" and "demonization" of Stalin, throws new light on the classic themes of Marxism and the Communist Movement: language, nation, state, and the stages of constructing post-capitalist society. It is an original book that also pays great attention to the People's Republic of China, arising from the reforms of Deng Xiaoping, and which is valuable to those who, beyond the twentieth century, want to understand the time and the world in which we live.Stalin's BibleThe Poet
From Creation to the Prophets
From Gospel to Revelation
Light to the Nations
Scriptural DynamicThe Delay of Communism: Stalin and Proleptic CommunismDelay of the Parousia
The Delay of Communism and the Identification of Socialism
The Interim Becomes the Norm: Defining Socialism
Dialectic of Mythical Communism
Conclusion: Proleptic CommunismBabel Versus Pentecost, or, the Dialectic of Linguistic DiversityThe Pentecost of Languages: Producing Diversity
Towards a Universal Language?
The Essay on Linguistics
Conclusion: Cultural RevolutionA Materialist Doctrine of Good and Evil: Stalin's Revision of Marxist AnthropologyAnthropology and Theology
A New Human Nature
On the Question of Sin
Dialectical Intensification, or, the Theology of Class Struggle
Red Terror
Conclusion: The Necessary Conjunction of Good and EvilParty and People, or, Transcendence and ImmanenceThe Persistence of Transcendence
From Above and from Below
Socialist Consciousness
Party and People
Socialist DemocracyTowards a Theory of the Socialist StateNation and Class, or, Against Culturism
Affirmative Action
Anti-colonialism
A New State?Implications for Socialism in Power
Between Veneration and Demonization