Jan Waclaw Machajski: A Radical Critic of the Russian Intelligentsia and Socialism

Jan Waclaw Machajski's (1866-1926) political doctrine, known as Makhaevism, was a synthesis of several revolutionary theories in Western and Eastern Europe: Marxism, anarchism, and syndicalism. His criticism of the intelligentsia and theory of a "new class" were influential to Communism and helped to create a hostility that culminated in Stalin's Great Purge of the 1930s.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Marshall S. Shatz is professor of history, emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Zusammenfassung

Jan Waclaw Machajski's political doctrine, known as Makhaevism, was a synthesis of several revolutionary theories in Western and Eastern Europe: Marxism, anarchism, and syndicalism. His criticism of the intelligentsia and theory of a "new class" were influential to Communism and helped create a hostility that culminated in Stalin's Great Purge.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Marshall S. Shatz
• Verlag: Univ Of Pittsburgh Pr
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.04.1989
• EAN: 9780822985143
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-8514-3
• Seiten: 270
• Abmessung: 154 mm x 228 mm x 22 mm
• Gewicht: 387 g
• Serien: Pitt Russian East European; Russian and East European Stud; Pitt Russian East European
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte