Lenin’s Thought On Inner-party Democracy And Its Contemporary Value Research

Inner-party democracy is the life of the party, and the development of inner-partydemocracy concerns the success and failure of our socialist cause. The construction ofinner-party democratic is one of the most important topics of the communist party of Chinaparty. In recent years, the inner-party democracy construction of our party constantly movesforward and develops quickly, and the construction of inner-party democracy need to bemore rich and constructive under the point of helping to solve various problemsencountered.Lenin inherited inner-party democracy thought of Marx and Engels on thebasis of absorbing the Luxembourg in criticism of the rational core of democratic thought,and carried forward the fine tradition of the Russian revolution populists, also leaded theworld’s first of the proletarian party--Bolshevik party through hard exploration and practice,and finally gradually formed, developed and perfected the inner-party democracy. Lenin’stheory of inner-party democracy is not vague and slogans, but contains many specificcontent and steps, and the development of inner-party democracy needs to learn from thevaluable historical experience. Therefore, the study and research of Lenin’s inner-partydemocracy thought on inner-party democracy construction of our party is of greatsignificance.This article starts from the background of Lenin period, inner-party democracy,inner-party democracy thought in the overall study Lenin period evolution course on thebasis of grasping the regularity and content system, and analyzes Lenin inner-partydemocracy during the period of the history status and contemporary value, thus givingChina’s inner-party democratic construction for reference. The full text is divided into fourparts: The first part investigates Genetic background of inner-party democracy of Leninperiod, Lenin inner-party democracy during the period of the theoretical basis and historicalorigin. Lenin inherited Marx and Engels inner-party democracy thought, he learned frompeople’s democratic thought such as the Luxembourg and critically absorbed Russia national populist revolutionary organization at the same time, formed in the question of theinner-party democracy thought in response to contemporary “comrades”.The second partexpounds the evolution process and its regularity of inner-party democracy Lenin period.Lenin inner-party democracy during the period of evolution process is mainly divided intofour stages,the inner-party democracy has also experienced “the centralism”、“democraticcentralism”、“the system of extreme centralism” and “the system of the workers’demoeacry”,and has also made the induction to the thought of Lenin old age.The authorsummarized historical evolution basic rule of the Lenin inner-party democracy on thebasis of analyzing the content of inner-party democracy stage during the period of Lenin:regarding concertrating as the breakthrough point、adjusting the focus according to theobjective of political environment and Situation changes in the party itself、inheriting anddeveloping marxist democratic theory, adhereing to the unity of the socialist democraticideal and reality, etc.Third part discusses the contents of the inner-party democracy system,the inner-party democracy system mainly includes the meaning and essence of theinner-party democracy, and the function of the inner-party democracy and inner-partydemocracy practice principle and the development of inner-party democracy. The fourthpart mainly analyzes the Lenin historical status and contemporary value of the inner-partydemocracy and inner-party democracy development to provide certain theoreticalimplications and practical significance. Lenin period, the main contribution of theinner-party democracy is enriched and developed the marxist theory of inner-partydemocracy system, provides a model of inner-party democracy for the rest of the worldproletariat political party building.The inner-party democracy in Lenin period also has acertain historical limitations.The contemporary enlightenment of the inner-party democracyin Lenin period mainly reflected in four aspects:adhereing to the unity of inheritance andinnovation、the unity of democracy and centralization、the unity of the democratic idealsand reality conditions and the unity of the democratic principles and institutional guarantee.