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.

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Marshall S. Shatz
• Publisher: Univ Of Pittsburgh Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.1989
• EAN: 9780822985143
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-8514-3
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 228 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 387 g
• Series: Pitt Russian East European; Russian and East European Stud; Pitt Russian East European
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History