Bourgeois Nations and Socialist Nations

Nations come into being out of historical necessity at a certain point in human development -- that is, when bourgeois relations demand the merger of nationalities into a singular social process of production. Now, at a time when nations themselves are demanding to be liberated from the fetters of the private appropriation of production, V. Kozlov's Bourgeois Nations and Socialist Nations is an aid in understanding where modern society came from, what it is currently and how it will progress. It answers such questions, in addition to defining what a nation is and how it came into being, as what divides nations today and if they will exist in the future. At present, bourgeois nations, foremostly U.S. imperialism, serve to oppress and dominate other nations and are marked by antagonistic strife, class struggle, anarchy and chaos. Kozlov concludes that socialist relations give full flourishing to all nations, liberated from oppression and exploitation, until the ultimate withering away of nations, leaving only what is best from each culture. As demanded by the new socialist relations of production and the voluntary unity of all peoples, this must occur after the defeat of imperialism over the entire globe.