Plekhanov: The Father Of Russian Marxism
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A landmark work of intellectual and political biography, Samuel H. Baron's study chronicles the life and legacy of Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov, the towering figure who first transplanted Marxist ideology onto Russian soil and shaped the revolutionary movement that would ultimately transform the world. Baron meticulously details Plekhanov's journey from his roots in the Russian populist movement to his founding of the first Russian Marxist organization, the Emancipation of Labor group, illustrating how one man's philosophical convictions laid the theoretical groundwork for an entire generation of revolutionaries, including Lenin himself. Written with scholarly rigor yet sustained narrative momentum, Plekhanov: The Father of Russian Marxism presents a nuanced portrait of a man whose intellectual brilliance was often at odds with his political fate — a thinker who championed the revolution yet found himself marginalized by the very forces he helped create. Baron argues persuasively that Plekhanov's contributions to Marxist theory, particularly his writings on historical materialism and the role of the individual in history, remain indispensable to understanding the ideological foundations of the Russian Social Democratic movement. This authoritative biography stands as an essential resource for students of Russian history, political philosophy, and the origins of twentieth-century communism.
Author: Samuel H. Baron
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Routledge & Kegan Paul
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Tear on spine of jacket - still structural. Faded spine.
A landmark work of intellectual and political biography, Samuel H. Baron's study chronicles the life and legacy of Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov, the towering figure who first transplanted Marxist ideology onto Russian soil and shaped the revolutionary movement that would ultimately transform the world. Baron meticulously details Plekhanov's journey from his roots in the Russian populist movement to his founding of the first Russian Marxist organization, the Emancipation of Labor group, illustrating how one man's philosophical convictions laid the theoretical groundwork for an entire generation of revolutionaries, including Lenin himself. Written with scholarly rigor yet sustained narrative momentum, Plekhanov: The Father of Russian Marxism presents a nuanced portrait of a man whose intellectual brilliance was often at odds with his political fate — a thinker who championed the revolution yet found himself marginalized by the very forces he helped create. Baron argues persuasively that Plekhanov's contributions to Marxist theory, particularly his writings on historical materialism and the role of the individual in history, remain indispensable to understanding the ideological foundations of the Russian Social Democratic movement. This authoritative biography stands as an essential resource for students of Russian history, political philosophy, and the origins of twentieth-century communism.