Two new texts from John Biggart
I wanted to bring to your attention two new Bogdanov-related texts by John Biggart that can be found on his Academia page here.
Author: Евгений Павлов
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.
Cultural Science Journal: Special Thematic Section “Eisenstein, Bogdanov, and the Organization of Culture” online
Special Thematic Section “Eisenstein, Bogdanov, and the Organization of Culture” (pp. 50–256)Online at https://sciendo.com/issue/CSJ/13/1
Third volume of Bogdanov Library now available in hardback edition from Brill
Toward a New World: Articles and Essays, 1901-1906: On the Psychology of Society; New World, and Contributions to Studies in the Realist Worldview Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928) wrote the articles in this volume in the years before and during the Revolution of 1905 when he was co-leader, with V.I. Lenin, of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social-Democratic […]
Bogdanov and others on Capri, April 1908 by John Biggart
John Biggart wrote a short text on the well-known photographs from Lenin’s to Capri in April of 1908. To read his text, follow this link and looks for an essay called “Bogdanov and others on Capri, April 1908“
The Centre for Systems Studies – Online Mini-Symposium: The Legacy of Alexander Bogdanov From Rediscovery to Full Recovery (Recordings)
The Mini-Symposium that took place in June is now available on video (in 4 large parts but with sessions breakdown in description).
Marx & Philosophy Review of Books: Red Hamlet: The Life and Ideas of Alexander Bogdanov by James D White, and Empiriomonism: Essays in Philosophy, Books 1-3 by Alexander Bogdanov reviewed by Nicholas Bujalski
“It has been thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Yet today, despite the efforts of its many gravediggers and eulogists, the short twentieth century has never felt more open, contingent and ambiguously alive. From the uneasy centenary of the Russian Revolution in 2017, to the epistemological dynamite of 2020-2021, there is clearly […]
Лепешинский – “Трагедия крупного ума” (Огонёк, 1928 №17)
A short piece written by Lepeshinsky on the death of Bogdanov (called “The tragedy of an important thinker”) in a popular magazine.
Bogdanov Library – Volume Three (Toward a New World: Articles and Essays, 1899–1906) – Forthcoming
David Rowley has completed the translation for the third volume of Bogdanov Library and received the manuscript from Historical Materialism’s copy-editor. Hopefully it will be published soon after he goes through edits and submits the final version. Below is the Table of Contents: Contents Translator’s Introduction Part One: On the Psychology of Society From […]
Two Events Celebrating the Life and Contribution of Alexander Bogdanov (University of Hull, online, June 2-3)
Information from the event’s website: Alexander Bogdanov was one of the most creative and inspiring figures of the 20th Century. His utopian novel, Red Star, started the genre of Bolshevik science fiction, and he was the founder of the world’s first haematology institute. He was a leader of the Russian Bolsheviks, working with Lenin, at the […]
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