Revolution and Culture : The Bogdanov-Lenin Controversy / Zenovia A. Sochor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sochor, Zenovia A., Author.

Series:

Studies in Soviet history and society (Ithaca, N.Y.)

Studies in Soviet history and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union--Cultural policy.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924.

Bogdanov, A. (Aleksandr), 1873-1928--Political and social views.

History.

Sociology & Social Science.

Local Subjects:

History.

Sociology & Social Science.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 258 pages).

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Zenovia A. Sochor here assesses one of the most important debates within the Bolshevik leadership during the early years of Soviet power-that between A. A. Bogdanov and V. I. Lenin. Once comrades-in-arms, Bogdanov and Lenin became political rivals prior to the October Revolution. Their disagreements over political and cultural issues led to a split in the Bolshevik Party, with Bogdanov spearheading the party's left-wing faction and attracting a following of notable intellectuals. Before Lenin died in 1924, however, he had succeeded in shaping Soviet society according to his own vision, and today Bolshevism is commonly identified with Leninism while Bogdanovism is little known. Sochor provides the first full exposition in English of Bogdanov's views, which, she asserts, must be understood to appreciate the choices available and the paths not taken during the formative years of the Soviet regime.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Part I. Points of Departure

1. The Bogdanov-Lenin Controversy

2. Cultural Prerequisites of Revolution

3. Bogdanovism

Part II. After October: Which Way to Socialism?

4. War and Revolution

5. School of Capitalism

6. School of Socialism: Proletkult

Part III. Origins of Political Culture

7. Lenin and Political Hegemony

8. Bogdanov and Cultural Hegemony

Part IV. Laying the Foundations of the Soviet System

9. From the First to the Second Cultural Revolution

10. Revolution and Culture

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 235-251.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-3219-6

OCLC:

1132226918