national question
national question noun: the question over how to resolve the tension between proletarian internationalism and nationalist self-determination.
Noun
the national question (plural national questions)
- The question over how to resolve the tension between proletarian internationalism and nationalist self-determination.
- The national question must be clearly considered and solved by all class-conscious workers.1913 May 10, Vladimir Lenin, “The Working Class and the National Question”, in George Hanna, transl., Marxists Internet Archive, published 2004
- Marx offered neither a systematic theory of the national question, a precise definition of the concept of a ‘nation’, nor a general political strategy for the proletariat in this domain.1976 March–April, Michael Löwy, “Marxists and the National Question”, in New Left Review, number 96, →DOI
Forms of national question
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Questions about national question
- What does national question mean?
- National question means the question over how to resolve the tension between proletarian internationalism and nationalist self-determination.
- What part of speech is national question?
- National question is a noun.
- What is the plural of national question?
- The plural of national question is national questions.
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