Description |
xii, 307 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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Contents |
List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1 Social Daydreaming Before the Revolution; 2 Revolution: Utopias in the Air and on the Ground; 3 Revolutionary Iconoclasm; 4 Festivals of the People; 5 Godless Religion; 6 The Republic of Equals; 7 Man the Machine; 8 Utopia in Time: Futurology and Science Fiction; 9 Utopia in Space: City and Building; 10 Utopia in Life: The Communal Movement; 11 War on the Dreamers; 12 Conclusion; A Note on Sources and Abbreviations; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Summary |
The study takes a wide view of Russia's social, intellectual, and cultural history, examining party programmes, economic policy, and moral practices to recreate the spirit of idealism and experimentation before, during and after the Russian Revolution of 1917 |
Analysis |
Social life History, 1917- |
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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Soviet Union Intellectual life, 1917- |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [255]-296 |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Utopias -- Soviet Union.
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SUBJECT |
USSR -- Intellectual life http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125824 -- 1917
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Soviet Union -- Intellectual life http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125824 -- 1917-
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USSR -- Intellectual life -- 1917-1970.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125826
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USSR -- Intellectual life -- 1970-1991.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125828
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USSR -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125808
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USSR -- Intellectual life.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125824
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Genre/Form |
Utopian fiction.
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LC no. |
88005263 |
ISBN |
0195055365 (alk. paper) |
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