Peter Lavrov And The Russian Revolutionary Movement
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A rigorous work of intellectual and political history, this biography chronicles the life and enduring influence of Peter Lavrov, one of the nineteenth century's most consequential Russian radical thinkers. Philip Pomper presents a nuanced portrait of Lavrov as both a philosopher and a revolutionary organizer, tracing his evolution from a tsarist artillery officer to a leading theorist of the Populist movement and a central figure in the émigré socialist circles of Europe. The work carefully details how Lavrov's landmark essay, Historical Letters, galvanized a generation of young Russians to go to the people, igniting one of the most dramatic mass mobilizations in pre-revolutionary Russian history. Pomper argues that Lavrov's insistence on the moral obligations of the educated class to the peasantry gave Russian radicalism a distinctive ethical dimension that set it apart from Western Marxist currents. Written with scholarly precision yet sustained narrative momentum, Peter Lavrov and the Russian Revolutionary Movement stands as an essential text for understanding the ideological foundations that shaped the path toward 1917.
Author: Philip Pomper
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A rigorous work of intellectual and political history, this biography chronicles the life and enduring influence of Peter Lavrov, one of the nineteenth century's most consequential Russian radical thinkers. Philip Pomper presents a nuanced portrait of Lavrov as both a philosopher and a revolutionary organizer, tracing his evolution from a tsarist artillery officer to a leading theorist of the Populist movement and a central figure in the émigré socialist circles of Europe. The work carefully details how Lavrov's landmark essay, Historical Letters, galvanized a generation of young Russians to go to the people, igniting one of the most dramatic mass mobilizations in pre-revolutionary Russian history. Pomper argues that Lavrov's insistence on the moral obligations of the educated class to the peasantry gave Russian radicalism a distinctive ethical dimension that set it apart from Western Marxist currents. Written with scholarly precision yet sustained narrative momentum, Peter Lavrov and the Russian Revolutionary Movement stands as an essential text for understanding the ideological foundations that shaped the path toward 1917.