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Auteur(s) : Willimott, Andy
Titre(s) : Living the revolution [Texte imprimé] : urban communes & Soviet socialism, 1917-1932 / Andy Willimott
Édition : 1st ed.
Publication : Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017
Description matérielle : viii, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Collection : Oxford studies in modern European history
Lien à la collection : Oxford studies in modern European history (Oxford)
Comprend : List of illustrations ; Acronyms in archival citations ; A note on names and transliteration. Introduction: making their revolution ; Revolutionary beginnings ; Socialism in one dormitory: student communes ; Socialism in one apartment: Byt communes ; Socialism in one factory: production communes ; Early Stalinism and the urban communes ; Conclusion: the commune is dead, vive le communard! ; Bibliography ; Index.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-189) and index (pages [191]-203)
Offers a pioneering insight into the world of the early Soviet activist. At the heart
of this book is a cast of fiery-eyed, bed-headed youths determined to be the change
they wanted to see in the world. First banding together in the wake of the October
Revolution, seizing hold of urban apartments, these youthful enthusiasts tried to
offer practical examples of socialist living. Calling themselves "urban communes,"
they embraced total equality and shared everything from money to underwear. They actively
sought to overturn the traditional family unit, reinvent domesticity, and promote
a new collective vision of human interaction. A trend was set: a revolutionary meme
that would, in the coming years, allow thousands of would-be revolutionaries and aspiring
party members to experiment with the possibilities of socialism. The first definitive
account of the urban communes, and the activists that formed them, this volume utilizes
newly uncovered archival materials to chart the rise and fall of this revolutionary
impulse. Laced with personal detail, it illuminates the thoughts and aspirations of
individual activists as the idea of the urban commune grew from an experimental form
of living, limited to a handful of participants in Petrograd and Moscow, into a cultural
phenomenon that saw tens of thousands of youths form their own domestic united of
socialist living by the end of the 1920s. This work is a tale of revolutionary aspiration,
appropriation, and participation at the ground level. never officially sanctioned
by the party, the urban communes challenge our traditional understanding of the early
Soviet state, presenting Soviet ideology as something that could both frame and fire
the imagination
Sujet(s) : Communautarisme -- URSS -- 1900-1945
Révolutionnaires -- Conditions sociales -- URSS -- 1900-1945
Communautés urbaines -- Aspect politique -- URSS -- 1900-1945
URSS -- 1917-1936
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 0198725825. - ISBN 9780198725824 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452334406
Notice n° :
FRBNF45233440
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