The Embourgeoisement of Revolutionary Regimes: Reflections on Abdallah Laroui
Date
1998
Authors
Katz, Mark N.
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Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Abstract
This article analyzes the evoution of revolutionary regimes. In it, I argue that
the theory of revolution advanced by the Moroccan scholar Abdallah Laroui
in thel960s and 1970s is especially useful for understanding this evolution.
Unlike classic Marxism, and the many "Marxian" interpretations of revolution
drawing inspiration from it, Laroui's theory of revolution provides an
explanation of how the embrace of capitalism and the West by revolutionary
regimes is far from being aberrant behavior: it is the logical consequence of
the normal process of embourgeoisement in revolutionary states. The problems
with his theory as examined here, however, illustrate how the decision
by a revolutionary regime to pursue embourgeoisement might not necessarily
be successfully implemented.
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Keywords
Revolution, Morocco, International relations, Abdallah Laroui