The October Revolution in prospect and retrospect : interventions in Russian and Soviet history / / by John Eric Marot.

In a series of probing analytical essays, John Marot tracks the development of Bolshevism through the prism of pre-1917 intra-Russian Social Democratic controversies in politics and philosophy. For 1917, the author presents a critique of social historical interpretation of the Russian Revolution. Tu...

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Superior document:Historical materialism book series, v. 37
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Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Historical materialism book series ; 37.
Physical Description:1 online resource (283 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • The peasant-question and the origins of Stalinism: rethinking the destruction of the October Revolution
  • Trotsky, the left opposition and the rise of Stalinism: theory and practice
  • Class-conflict, political competition and social transformation: critical perspectives on the social history of the Russian revolution
  • Political leadership and working-class agency in the Russian revolution: reply to William G. Rosenberg and S.A. Smith
  • A 'postmodern' approach to the Russian revolution?: comment on Ronald Suny
  • Alexander Bogdanov, Vpered, and the role of the intellectual in the workers' movement
  • The Bogdanov issue: reply to Andrzej Walicki, Aileen Kelly and Zenovia Sochor
  • Marxism, science, materialism: toward a deeper appreciation of the 1908-1909 philosophical debate in Russian social democracy
  • Politics and philosophy in Russian social democracy: Alexander Bogdanov and the socio-theoretical foundations of Vpered.