Download or read book How does Social Democracy understand the Nationalism Question? written by Joseph Stalin and published by Newcomb Livraria Press. This book was released on with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation from the original Russian manuscript with a new afterword by the translator and a timeline of Stalin's life and works. In this 1904 work, Stalin introduces his ideas on nationalism that would later become fundamental to Soviet policy. He takes a Marxist approach, emphasizing proletarian unity while supporting national self-determination. This work predates his more famous "Marxism and the National Question."