<P> Although Engels first introduced the idea of the withering away of the state , he attributed the underlying concept to Karl Marx ; other Marxist theorists -- including Vladimir Lenin -- would later expand on it . According to this concept of the withering away of the state , eventually a communist society will no longer require coercion to induce individuals to behave in a way that benefits the society . Such a society would occur after a temporary period of the dictatorship of the proletariat . </P>
<P> Although Engels first introduced the idea of the withering away of the state , he attributed the underlying concept to Karl Marx ; other Marxist theorists -- including Vladimir Lenin -- would later expand on it . According to this concept of the withering away of the state , eventually a communist society will no longer require coercion to induce individuals to behave in a way that benefits the society . Such a society would occur after a temporary period of the dictatorship of the proletariat . </P>
who advocated the theory of withering away of the state
who advocated the theory of withering away of the state
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin