In the following essay, Feuer argues that Lenin's philosophical beliefs vacillated between sober materialism and Utopian fantasy.

In the following essay, Evans argues that Lenin's State and Revolution is not antithetical to the rest of Lenin's work, as most critics contend, but rather that the "tension between the polarities of value in Lenin's thought" would later become an integral part of Soviet politics.

In the following essay, Morawski explicates Lenin's writings on art and literature.

In the following essay, Mathewson argues that Lenin's article Party Organization and Party Literature and Maxim Gorky's novel Mother together ushered in a new era in Russian thinking that revolved around Soviet literary ideals.

In the following essay, Barfield contends that State and Revolution is Lenin's credo on human nature, and as such should not be dismissed as mere utopianism, as many critics have done.

In the following essay, Le Blanc contends the core of pure Leninism is the revolutionary Bolshevik movement.

In the following essay, Toynbee explains why Lenin remains one of the most important twentieth-century historical figures despite the failure of communism.

In the following essay, Mikulak discusses Lenin's theory of the "partyness" of science and philosophy as evidenced in his Materialism and Empirio-Criticism.

In the following essay, Tumarkin examines the cult of Lenin that sprang up in Russia after the leader's death.

In the following essay, Siegel concludes that Alexander Solzhenitsyn's portrayal of Lenin in Lenin in Zurich bears little resemblance to the personality of the historical Lenin.