Selected Writings

Selected Writings

â€œAlix Holt, in her careful, objective comments on the life and work of Miss Kollontai, has served her subject well. . . .She has given us this chance to become acquainted with the thought of a woman liberated before her time.â€ â€•New York Times Book Review
Alexandra Kollontaiâ€•the only woman member of the Bolshevik central committee and the USSRâ€™s first Minister of Social Welfareâ€•is known today as a historic contributor to the international womenâ€™s movement, and as one of the first Bolshevik leaders to oppose the growth of the bureaucracy in the young socialist state. Her Selected Writings discuss the social democratic movement before the First World War, the history of the Russian womenâ€™s movement, and the debate between â€œfeministâ€ and â€œsocialistâ€ women; the effects of the war on European socialism; the revolutions; the part played by women in the revolutionary events; the early manifestations of bureaucracy and Kollontaiâ€™s role as spokeswoman for the â€œworkersâ€™ oppositionâ€; and morality, sexual politics, the family, and prostitution. It also includes writings from her later life as a Soviet official. Each section is introduced by a commentary in which Alix Holt explains the background and critically sets Kollontaiâ€™s unique lifework in its historical and biographical contexts, demonstrating both its necessary limitations and its extraordinary range.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1980-03-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393009743

Country	USA
Brand	W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer	W. W. Norton & Company
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	1980-03-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780393009743

You might also like...