The First Socialist Society

Author : Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0674304438

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The First Socialist Society by Geoffrey A. Hosking Pdf

The First Socialist Society is the compelling and often tragic history of what Soviet citizens have lived through from 1917 to the present, told with great sympathy and perception. It ranges over the changing lives of peasants, urban workers, and professionals; the interaction of Soviet autocrats with the people; the character and role of religion, law, education, and literature within Soviet society; and the significance and fate of various national groups. As the story unfolds, we come to understand how the ideas of Marxism have been changed, taking on almost unrecognizable forms by unique political and economic circumstances. Hosking's analysis of this vast and complex country begins by asking how it was that the first socialist revolution took place in backward, autocratic Russia. Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power and hold on to it? The core of the book lies in the years of Stalin's rule: how did he exercise such unlimited power, and how did the various strata of society survive and come to terms with his tyranny? The later chapters recount Khrushchev's efforts to reform the worst features of Stalinism, and the unpredictable effects of his attempts within the East European satellite countries, bringing out elements of socialism that had been obscured or overlaid in the Soviet Union itself. And in the aftermath of the long Brezhnev years of stagnation and corruption, the question is posed: can Soviet society find a way to modify the rigidities inherited from the Stalinist past?

Author : Geoffrey Hosking
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007545285

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History of the Soviet Union by Geoffrey Hosking Pdf

Originally published in 1992 and now available as an ebook. This edition does not include any images. WINNER OF THE 'LOS ANGELES TIMES' BOOK AWARD FOR HISTORY

Author : Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher : London : Fontana Press : Collins
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015054075877

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A History of the Soviet Union by Geoffrey A. Hosking Pdf

Author : Vic George,Nicholas Manning
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000519747

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Socialism, Social Welfare and the Soviet Union by Vic George,Nicholas Manning Pdf

First published in 1980, Socialism, Social Welfare and the Soviet Union examines the views of Marx, Engels and Lenin on what constitutes a socialist form of provision of social security, income, education, health and housing. The authors discuss the implementation of these ideas in the Soviet Union since the 1917 Revolution in the context of economic and political development, and describe the social services in the Soviet Union, assessing the extent to which the original ideas have been matched by reality. They also briefly survey the views of several East European academic writers on social policy, outlining some distinctive features of social policy in the Eastern bloc. The authors’ general conclusion is that the Soviet Union has made great progress in social policy provision; from their research and from their visits in the course of writing this book, they show that the social services of the Soviet Union are as good as and, in some ways, more comprehensive than those of Western Europe. Equally important is their conclusion that a society in which the means of production and distribution are nationalised, and which makes a full provision of social services is not necessarily a socialist society. This book will appeal to students of sociology, political science and area studies.

Author : Tamás Krausz
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583674611

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Reconstructing Lenin by Tamás Krausz Pdf

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is among the most enigmatic and influential figures of the twentieth century. While his life and work are crucial to any understanding of modern history and the socialist movement, generations of writers on the left and the right have seen fit to embalm him endlessly with superficial analysis or dreary dogma. Now, after the fall of the Soviet Union and “actually-existing” socialism, it is possible to consider Lenin afresh, with sober senses trained on his historical context and how it shaped his theoretical and political contributions. Reconstructing Lenin, four decades in the making and now available in English for the first time, is an attempt to do just that. Tamás Krausz, an esteemed Hungarian scholar writing in the tradition of György Lukács, Ferenc Tokei, and István Mészáros, makes a major contribution to a growing field of contemporary Lenin studies. This rich and penetrating account reveals Lenin busy at the work of revolution, his thought shaped by immediate political events but never straying far from a coherent theoretical perspective. Krausz balances detailed descriptions of Lenin’s time and place with lucid explications of his intellectual development, covering a range of topics like war and revolution, dictatorship and democracy, socialism and utopianism.Reconstructing Lenin will change the way you look at a man and a movement; it will also introduce the English-speaking world to a profound radical scholar.

Author : Wolfgang Eckhardt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 162963042X

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The First Socialist Schism by Wolfgang Eckhardt Pdf

The First Socialist Schism chronicles the conflicts in the International Working Men's Association (First International, 1864-1877), which represents an important milestone in the history of political ideas and socialist theory. This can be seen as a decisive moment in the history of political ideas: the split between centralist party politics and the federalist grassroots movement. The separate movements in the International - which would later develop into social democracy, communism and anarchism - found their greatest advocates in Bakunin and Marx.

Author : David L. Hoffmann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107007086

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The Stalinist Era by David L. Hoffmann Pdf

Placing Stalinism in its international context, The Stalinist Era explains the origins and consequences of Soviet state intervention and violence.

Author : Jukka Gronow,Sergey Zhuravlev
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9789522227522

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Fashion Meets Socialism by Jukka Gronow,Sergey Zhuravlev Pdf

This book presents, above all, a study of the establishment and development of the Soviet organization and system of fashion industry and design as it gradually evolved in the years after the Second World War in the Soviet Union, which was, in the understanding of its leaders, reaching the mature or last stage of socialism when the country was firmly set on the straight trajectory to its final goal, Communism. What was typical of this complex and extensive system of fashion was that it was always loyally subservient to the principles of the planned socialist economy. This did not by any means indicate that everything the designers and other fashion professionals did was dictated entirely from above by the central planning agencies. Neither did it mean that their professional judgment would have been only secondary to ideological and political standards set by the Communist Party and the government of the Soviet Union. On the contrary, as our study shows, the Soviet fashion professionals had a lot of autonomy. They were eager and willing to exercise their own judgment in matters of taste and to set the agenda of beauty and style for Soviet citizens. The present book is the first comprehensive and systematic history of the development of fashion and fashion institutions in the Soviet Union after the Second World War. Our study makes use of rich empirical and historical material that has been made available for the first time for scientific analysis and discussion. The main sources for our study came from the state, party and departmental archives of the former Soviet Union. We also make extensive use of oral history and the writings published in Soviet popular and professional press.

Author : Geoffrey Alan Hosking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0785508600

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A History of the Soviet Union by Geoffrey Alan Hosking Pdf

Author : Geoffrey A. Hosking
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0674055519

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The Awakening of the Soviet Union by Geoffrey A. Hosking Pdf

One of the world's preeminent scholars of the Soviet Union with many personal contacts there, Geoffrey Hosking provides a unique perspective on the rapid changes the country is experiencing. Other books have focused on the political changes taking place under Gorbachev; Hosking's lively analysis illuminates the social, cultural, and historical developments that have created the need-and openness-for sweeping political and economic change.

Author : Rosa Luxemburg,Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels,Ernesto Che Guevara
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781644212813

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Manifesto by Rosa Luxemburg,Karl Marx,Friedrich Engels,Ernesto Che Guevara Pdf

The three texts this book, all written in vastly different eras —The Communist Manifesto (1848) by Marx and Engels, Reform or Revolution (1899) by Rosa Luxemburg and Socialism and Man in Cuba (1965) by Ernesto Che Guevara—illuminate socialist ideas of the 19th and 20th centuries. For a new generation of activists, these are classic revolutionary writings by four famous rebels, including The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels; Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg; and Che Guevara’s Socialism and Man in Cuba. Includes an introduction by Cuban Marxist intellectual Armando Hart and a preface by US radical poet Adrienne Rich. The essays in this book, Manifesto, were written by three relatively young people—Karl Marx when he was 30, Rosa Luxemburg at 27, Che Guevara at the age of 37. Born into different historical moments and different generations, they shared an energy of hope, an engagement with history, a belief that critical thinking must inform action, and a passion for the world and its human possibilities. Here are urgent conversations from the past that are still being carried on, among new voices, throughout the world.

Author : Miloš Nicolíc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015020743947

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Socialism on the Threshold of the Twenty-first Century by Miloš Nicolíc Pdf

Author : Andrea Mennicken,Robert Salais
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030782016

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The New Politics of Numbers by Andrea Mennicken,Robert Salais Pdf

This open access book offers unique insight into how and where ideas and instruments of quantification have been adopted, and how they have come to matter. Rather than asking what quantification is, New Politics of Numbers explores what quantification does, its manifold consequences in multiple domains. It scrutinizes the power of numbers in terms of the changing relations between numbers and democracy, the politics of evidence, and dreams and schemes of bettering society. The book engages Foucault inspired studies of quantification and the economics of convention in a critical dialogue. In so doing, it provides a rich account of the plurality of possible ways in which numbers have come to govern, highlighting not only their disciplinary effects, but also the collective mobilization capacities quantification can offer. This book will be invaluable reading for academics and graduate students in a wide variety of disciplines, as well as policymakers interested in the opportunities and pitfalls of governance by numbers.

Author : Anil Rajimwale,M. Vijaya Kumar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000217940

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Socialism in the 21st Century by Anil Rajimwale,M. Vijaya Kumar Pdf

The present collection contains papers of the first national workshop organised by the All India Progressive Forum (AIPF) on '21st Century Socialism' in Hyderabad. Socialism is a controversial issue, rendered more controversial by the great collapse of the Soviet Union and the East European socialist regimes. The collapse has reignited the controversies on the nature, path and viability of socialism in its many interpretations. In the meantime the scientific and technological revolution has added new features to the theory of social transformation, and has reopened many issues settled by history of individual revolution. The papers discuss many old and new aspects of socialism, social revolution and transformation. They also seek to add many new features. They particularly emphasize the notion that socialism of '21st century' will be different, in many crucial ways, than that of the 20th century. Please note: This title is co-published with Aakar Books, New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka.

Author : Lewis H. Siegelbaum
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801463211

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The Socialist Car by Lewis H. Siegelbaum Pdf

Across the Soviet Bloc, from the 1960s until the collapse of communism, the automobile exemplified the tension between the ideological imperatives of political authorities and the aspirations of ordinary citizens. For the latter, the automobile was the ticket to personal freedom and a piece of the imagined consumer paradise of the West. For the authorities, the personal car was a private, mobile space that challenged the most basic assumptions of the collectivity. The "socialist car"-and the car culture that built up around it-was the result of an always unstable compromise between official ideology, available resources, and the desires of an increasingly restless citizenry. In The Socialist Car, eleven scholars from Europe and North America explore in vivid detail the interface between the motorcar and the state socialist countries of Eastern Europe, including the USSR. In addition to the metal, glass, upholstery, and plastic from which the Ladas, Dacias, Trabants, and other still extant but aging models were fabricated, the socialist car embodied East Europeans' longings and compromises, hopes and disappointments. The socialist car represented both aspirations of overcoming the technological gap between the capitalist first and socialist second worlds and dreams of enhancing personal mobility and status. Certain features of automobility-shortages and privileges, waiting lists and lack of readily available credit, the inadequacy of streets and highways-prevailed across the Soviet Bloc. In this collective history, the authors put aside both ridicule and nostalgia in the interest of trying to understand the socialist car in its own context.