{"product_id":"the-charisma-of-world-revolution-revolutionary-internationalism-in-early-soviet-society-1917-1927-9789004527768","title":"The Charisma of World Revolution: Revolutionary Internationalism in Early Soviet Society, 1917–1927","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThat the idea of world revolution was crucial for the Bolshevik leaders in the years following the 1917 revolution is a well-known fact. But what did the party’s rank and file make of it? How did it resonate with the general population? And what can a social history of international solidarity tell us about the transformation of Soviet society from NEP to Stalinism? This book undertakes the first in-depth analysis of the discourses and practices of internationalism in early Soviet society during the years of revolution, civil war and NEP, using forgotten archival materials and contemporary sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements  Abbreviations  Editorial Note    1 Introduction    2 ‘World Revolution’, the Bolsheviks and Soviet Society   1 Bolshevik Internationalism through the World War and Revolution   2 1918\/19, 1923, 1926: Three World-Revolutionary ‘Windows of Opportunity’ in Their Soviet Reflection    3 Activists and the Charisma of World Revolution   1 Activists, Opportunists and Functionaries: Types of Early Soviet Political Actors   2 The World Revolution as a ‘Delightful Thing’   3 Communist World Society or Russian Domination? Activists Imagine the Future    4 Internationalist Practices I: Charisma and Activism between the Revolution and NEP   1 Informing, Performing and Intervening: Public Speech about the World Revolution   2 Internationalist Greeting Messages and Their Authors   3 The Bolshevik Provincial Press: From Activist Mouthpiece to ‘Mass’ Newspaper    5 Internationalism and the Soviet ‘Masses’   1 Ways and Means of Transmitting Internationalist Knowledge   2 Reactions of the ‘Masses’: Disinterest, Resistance, Appropriation    6 MOPR: The Institutionalisation of International Solidarity in the obshchestvennost’    7 International Practices II: Activism and obshchestvennost’ from NEP to Stalinism   1 Donations and Fundraising: Class Solidarity, Philanthropy and Entertainment   2 Objects and Subjects of ‘Shefstvo’: Comparing Two Types of International Sponsorship   3 Internationalist Pen Pal Correspondence – Collective and Individual   4 Banners Wanted: The Twists and Turns of International Flag Exchange   5 Dealing with Comrades from Abroad: Foreign Representatives of the Labour Movement in the Soviet Union    8 A Practice Forestalled: Going Abroad for the World Revolution    9 Concluding Remarks    Bibliography  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210856882519,"sku":"9789004527768","price":184.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-charisma-of-world-revolution-revolutionary-internationalism-in-early-soviet-society-1917-1927-9789004527768","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}