Using the quotes in the room, provide the names of the following historians, explain the message of the quote and identify the school of historical thinking. Meaning Historian School of thought Quote and Bolshevism were R. Liberal “Marxism … products of an era in European intellectual life that was obsessed with violence. No-one embraced this philosophy more enthusiastically than the Bolsheviks: violence, “merciless” violence that strove for the destruction of every actual and potential opponent, was the only … way of dealing with problems.” always insisted that the new C. Hill Marxist “[Lenin] economic policy…was really the old policy of 1918, but he never attempted to disguise the fact that it was a large-scale retreat, another breathing space, a Brest-Litovsk on the economic front.” yet, while Lenin was cunning and R. Service Revisionist “And untrustworthy, he was also dedicated to the ultimate goal of communism. He enjoyed power; he lusted after it. He yearned to keep his party in power. But he wanted power for a purpose. He was determined that the Bolsheviks should initiate the achievement of a world without exploitation and oppression.” M. Brinton Libertarian want to be more than well-fed “Men servants. The desire to be free is not a pious liberal phrase, but the most noble of man's desires. The pre-condition of this freedom is, of course, freedom in the field of production -- workers' management.
Using the quotes in the room, provide the names of the following historians, explain the message of the quote and identify the school of historical thinking. Quote Meaning Historian School of thought “Marxism and Bolshevism … were products of an era in European intellectual life that was obsessed with violence. No-one embraced this philosophy more enthusiastically than the Bolsheviks: “merciless” violence, violence that strove for the destruction of every actual and potential opponent, was … the only way of dealing with problems.” R. Liberal “[Lenin] always insisted that the new economic policy…was really the old policy of 1918, but he never attempted to disguise the fact that it was a large-scale retreat, another breathing space, a Brest-Litovsk on the economic front.” C. Hill Marxist “And yet, while Lenin was cunning and untrustworthy, he was also dedicated to the ultimate goal of communism. He enjoyed power; he lusted after it. He yearned to keep his party in power. But he wanted power for a purpose. He was determined that the Bolsheviks should initiate the achievement of a world without exploitation and oppression.” R. Service Revisionist “Men want to be more than well-fed servants. The desire to be free is not a pious liberal phrase, but the most noble of man's desires. The pre-condition of this freedom is, of course, freedom in the field of production -- workers' management. M. Brinton Libertarian
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