Truth behind bars : reflections on the fate of the Russian Revolution / Paul Kellogg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kellogg, Paul, 1955- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martov, L., 1873-1923.

Martov, L.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich.

Vorkuta (Komi, Russia : Concentration camp)--History.

Vorkuta (Komi, Russia : Concentration camp).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : Athabasca University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Paul Kellogg uses the story of Vorkuta, a notorious camp in the Gulag internment system, as a frame with which to re-assess the Russian Revolution. In particular, he turns to the contributions of Iulii Martov, a contemporary of Lenin, and his analysis of the central role played in the revolution by a temporary class of peasants-in-uniform. Kellogg explores the persistence and creativity of workers' resistance in even the darkest hours of authoritarian repression and offers new perspectives on the failure of democratic governance after the Russian Revolution.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface: On Forgetting to Read Solzhenitsyn

Acknowledgements

A Note on Translations and Transliterations

Introduction: Hope and Horror

Part 1. Vorkuta: Anvil of the Working Class

1. One Long Night, 1936-38

2. Striking Against the Gulag, 1947-53

3. The Vengeance of History, 1989-91

Part 2. Self-Emancipation Versus Substitutionism

4. The Peasant-in-Uniform

5. The Agrarian Question

6. Poland and Georgia-The Export of Revolution

7. Germany and Hungary-The United Front

Part 3. The Rear-View Mirror

8. Trotsky on Stalinism: The Surplus and the Machine

9. A Movement's Dirty Linen

10. Lenin-Beyond Reverence

11. Intellectuals and the Working Class

Conclusion: Ends and Means

Notes

Chapter 1: One Long Night, 1936-38

Chapter 2: Striking Against the Gulag, 1947-53

Chapter 3: The Vengeance of History, 1989-91

Chapter 4: The Peasant-in-Uniform

Chapter 5: The Agrarian Question

Chapter 6: Poland and Georgia-The Export of Revolution

Chapter 7: Germany and Hungary-The United Front

Chapter 8: Trotsky on Stalinism-The Surplus and the Machine

Chapter 9: A Movement's Dirty Linen

Chapter 10: Lenin-Beyond Reverence

Chapter 11: Intellectuals and the Working Class

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781771992480

1771992484

9781771992466

1771992468

OCLC:

1285165350