Research of Lenin and Early Western Marxist Class Consciousness Thought

Abstract

Lenin's theory of class consciousness and its revolutionary ideas have been proved in the practice of the Russian revolution, and the second and third international Marxist practice in the western developed capitalist countries were ended in failure. Early western Marxist reflected the proletarian revolution of the developed capitalist countries at the end of the First World War. Represented by early western Marxist like Lukacs, Gramsci and Kohl's critically inherited and developed the theory of Lenin's. They attached great importance to the study of ideology especially the proletarian class consciousness, and make it become a hot point in the research of Western Marxist, since Lukacs continue to post-modern.

Key words: Lenin, Early Western Marxist, Class Consciousness