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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Sochor, Zenovia A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Soviet history and society
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

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.

Table of 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