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The Prison Manuscripts – Socialism and its Culture

Nikolai Bukharin author George Shriver author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Seagull Books London Ltd

Published:1st Apr '07

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Bukharin's "Prison Manuscripts" were written in Moscow's Lubyanka prison during 1937-1938 while awaiting his inevitable liquidation. As with Gramsci's "Prison Notebooks", Bukharin's "Manuscripts" focus on culture, ideology and philosophy in the context of building an alternative vision of socialism. A socialism to set against capitalism, fascism and the kind of socialism practised in the Soviet Union after Lenin's death. The book brings together Bukharin's key writings on socialism and its culture from the Manuscripts. Here Bukharin explores the realization of the concept of total man, the problems of freedom, equality and hierarchy, the style of socialist culture, the nature of progress, diversities in capitalism and socialism, the role of the Party, and the dictatorship of the proletariat in the cultural revolution. Its publication will be a major event for anyone interested in cultural and political history, philosophy, and ethics.

'First, as a human document from a key Bolshevik figure it [The Prison Manuscripts] is high tragedy; second, it gives an insight into the ideological world of millions of Communists during the central decades of the 20th century; finally, and most importantly, it provides a fascinating defence of socialism which even today is fresh and stimulating.' Donny Gluckstein, International Socialism

ISBN: 9781905422227

Dimensions: 236mm x 165mm x 24mm

Weight: 518g

302 pages