{"product_id":"9781442637696","title":"Revolutionary Vanguard: The Early Years of the Communist Youth International 1914-1924","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe monolithic nature of the communist movement during the   Stalinist period overlay pluralist tendencies. These were suppressed in the 1920s,   though they were to re-emerge after Stalin's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of the   Communist Youth International is revealed in this volume as an important example of   the 'autonomist' tendencies in the communist movement after the First World   War. The experience of the CYI also demonstrates that differences between Leninist   and Stalinist eras were of degree, rather than of kind. Under Lenin, organizational   principles and practices were introduced that gave to the new communist movement a   distinct, authoritarian cast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCornell considers the relevance, in the   development of radical movements among the young, of such qualities as untempered   idealism, a predisposition to embrace the most radical alternatives for social   change, and a self-assertiveness or rebelliousness directed against traditional   adult teachings. He shows how these qualities were to lead, after the First World   War (and more recently), to conflicts between radical, ideologically orthodox youth   and more pragmatic adult party leaders. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn introducing their new kind of   radicalism, the young communists of Europe in 1919 considered themselves to be the   most revolutionary element among revolutionaries – the highest form of   'revolutionary vanguard.' Moscow did not agree.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128549425392,"sku":"9781442637696","price":43.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442637696_p0.jpg?v=1763810708","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442637696","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}