How was this backwardness expressed economically? Socially? Culturally? Explain the “privilege of historic backwardness.” Trotsky states that the fundamental feature of Russian history was the slow tempo of the country’s development and its resulting backwardness.How does Trotsky view his role as author of HRR? What’s the difference between “impartiality” and “historic objectivity”?Ĭhapter I-Peculiarities of Russia’s Development.How does Trotsky describe the relationship between the masses and the leading revolutionary party? How does the party determine its tactics?.Trotsky states that “The dynamic of revolutionary events is directly determined by swift, intense and passionate changes in the psychology of classes.” Explain why and how such swift changes take place.What is “the most indubitable feature of a revolution”? How does this differ from non-revolutionary periods?.
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