Then would be a good start with this first Bolshevik utopia novel ever written by him: Red Star
http://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Bogdanov_Alexander_Red_Star_The_First_Bolshevik_Utopia.pdf > On 12 feb. 2015, at 17:59, P2P Foundation mailing list > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am very motivated to start reading Bogdanov ... > > his critique of the Leninist regime as reproducing the power disparity > between the organizers and organized, was very spot on and very p2p we could > say with hindsight, > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Örsan Şenalp <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 9:57 PM > Subject: [NetworkedLabour] ALEXANDER BOGDANOV LIBRARY (HISTORICAL MATERIALISM > SERIES) > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > > ALEXANDER BOGDANOV LIBRARY (HISTORICAL MATERIALISM SERIES) > http://bogdanovlibrary.org/2013/04/01/alexander-bogdanov-library-historical-materialism-series-at-brill/#more-13 > > The Historical Materialism Book Series at Brill has initiated a project to > publish ten volumes of English translations of the major theoretical and > polemical works of the Russian Social-Democrat, Alexander Bogdanov (Alexander > A. Malinovsky, 1873-1928). > > Alexander Bogdanov was a co-founder, with Lenin of the Bolshevik fraction of > the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party, and he played a leadership role > in the RSDLP during the Revolution of 1905. After the revolution, he split > with Lenin over both theoretical and practical issues, and his polemics with > Lenin provide a fascinating glimpse into Russian Social Democracy between the > Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. Bogdanov played no political role in the > October Revolution, but afterwards he was an influential figure in Soviet > culture. He founded and led the “Proletarian Culture” movement from 1918-20; > he helped found and was a member of the Socialist (later Communist) Academy; > he was a faculty member in Moscow State University’s Institute of Scientific > Philosophy; and he was the director of Russia’s first institute for blood > transfusion in the last two years of his life. > > Bogdanov was first and foremost a historical materialist. His life project > was to express the fundamental principles of historical materialism in what > he felt was the most up-to-date scientific terms. He believed that the task > of philosophy was not to contemplate the world, but to change it. He believed > that the motive force of historical evolution originated in labour. He looked > forward to a collectivist society and a culture created by the working class. > Early in his writing career, he believed that the empiricist philosophy of > Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius—reinterpreted from the standpoint of labour > collectivism—best served as the foundation of a materialist view of the > world. Later, as his political activity subsided, he attempted to develop a > scientific approach toward understanding the nature of future collectivist > society and the necessary cultural, social, economic and political changes > involved in any attempt to bring about such a society. His contribution to > the analysis of culture, long before ‘cultural studies’ came into existence, > was enormous and his influence in articulating the new approach of > ‘ideological science’ was significant. Finally, Bogdanov’s idea of tektology, > later discovered in the theory of systems, was a bold attempt to theorize > organizational structures as such, ultimately resulting in the theorization > of socialism as the ultimate goal of human collective existence. > > The General Editors of the Bogdanov Library are Evgeni V. Pavlov and David G. > Rowley, and the Advisory Board includes Craig Brandist, Georgi Gloveli, Maja > Soboleva, Daniela Steila, McKenzie Wark, and James White. > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkedLabour mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.contrast.org/mailman/listinfo/networkedlabour > > > > > -- > Check out the Commons Transition Plan here at: > http://en.wiki.floksociety.org/w/Research_Plan > > P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net > > Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens > > #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/ > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation
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