Study On Lenin’s Theory Of Imperialism And Its Presence

Lenin’s theory of imperialism,an important component of Leninism,was formed formally during the First World War.The formation of Lenin’s theory of imperialism is marked by the completion of the book,Imperialism is the Highest Stage of Capitalism.Lenin’s theory of imperialism,as one of the classic Marxist theories of imperialism,inherits and develops Marxist political economics and its critical spirit of capital logic.It guides the October Revolution successfully as well as contributes theoretically to the socialist revolution of the proletariat around the world.Lenin,under the guidance of relevant theories of Marx and Engels,drew on the research results of many theorists in the same era critically,such as those of John Atkinson Hobson and Rudolf Hilferding,and constructed his own imperialism theory.Lenin’s theory of imperialism analyzes the basic characteristics,internal characteristics,historical status and development trend of imperialism systematically,and demonstrates the necessity and strategies of proletarian socialist revolution profoundly.The theory regards monopoly as the economic essence of imperialism,as well as considers the rule of financial oligarchs as the political essence of imperialism.It holds that imperialism is the highest and the final stage of capitalism,and points out the decay of imperialism and the possibility of proletarian socialist revolution.Thus,Lenin’s theory of imperialism has an irreplaceable theoretical and practical value.However,since World War II,it has become more and more difficult to maintain the old imperialist system constructed by the developed capitalist countries.Contemporary capitalism has a new development,and Lenin’s theory of imperialism and its presence also encounters many challenges due to tension of self-regulation of capitalism.Lenin’s theory of imperialism reveals the essence of imperialist monopoly,analyzes the war of imperialism,infers the historical status of imperialism and judges that the era of the socialist revolution of the proletariat has come.As long as the global political and economic system still operates with the control of capital logic,Lenin’s theory of imperialism will not be out of date,no matter how the times changeand no matter how the capitalism changes.In summary,Lenin’s theory of imperialism is still present with the latest development of contemporary capitalism.The theory not only led the October Revolution to victory,but also benefits the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics.