Written by Евгений Павлов

Volume 1: Toward the Scientific Defence of Historical Materialism: Basic Elements of the Historical View of Nature, Cognition from the Historical Point of View, The Science of Social Consciousness – OUT NOW

We are excited to announce that the Volume One of the series is out now. Thus far we have four volumes out – from projected ten (or more) – so not exactly half-way done but getting close. The next volume will be Volume 4: Political Writings, 1904-1918 – it will include translations by both David […]

Written by Евгений Павлов

New Article: David G. Rowley, Alexander Bogdanov’s A Short Course of Economic Science (1897) or the Making of a Marxist.

Forthcoming in Historical Materialism but you can see an advance copy here: Abstract Alexander Bogdanov made three assertions regarding his adoption of Marxism: that the economic textbooks he first used had nothing in common with Marxism, that his worker-students prompted him toward Marxism, and that a work by Lenin was the decisive influence in that […]

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Nikolai Berdyaev’s Review of Bogdanov’s Cognition from the Historical Point of View

Bogdanov’s two early theoretical works (and one later book) are scheduled to appear in Volume 1 of Bogdanov Library early next year (2025). The volume’s overall title will be – Toward the Scientific Defence of Historical Materialism – and it will include: Basic Elements of the Historical View of Nature (1899) Cognition from the Historical […]

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Two New Essays on Bogdanov by David G. Rowley

Rowley, David G. The dual meaning of ‘empiriomonism’ in the work of Alexander Bogdanov. Studies in East European Thought (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11212-024-09628-3 Abstract In Alexander Bogdanov’s work, the term ‘empiriomonism’ is used in two ways: broadly to signify his general worldview (a monist, naturalist, determinist, scientific outlook) and narrowly to refer to the philosophy of cognition and being […]

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Red Star in Catalan: Estrella Roja (Sembra Llibres, November 2022)

Estrella Roja és una fantàstica novel·la sobre la creació d’una societat socialista a Mart. El viatge interplanetari d’un científic revolucionari que s’enamorarà d’una societat que batalla entre la utopia i els seus desafiaments. Una intrigant història plena d’enginys futuristes però també de reflexions sobre els reptes i els perills dels avenços tecnològics, el combustible radioactiu, […]

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Вперед (Mezhraiontsy)

РСДРП Петербургский междурайонный комитет объединенных социал-демократов I wrote a few years back about an announcement in this publication about the dissolution of Vpered group. Now the entire run – only 9 issues in 1917 – of this periodical can also be found online here.