Alexandra kollontai was a member of the central committee of the bolshevik party and one of the organizers of the great october socialist revolution in 1917. In the 1890s, she had rebelled against her family, her first husband, and her own aristocratic class. Apr 21, 2020 alexandra kollontai speaks at international congress of communist women in moscow. Kollontai s parents long and difficult struggle to be together would colour her views on relationships, sex and marriage. O comunismo e a familia portuguese edition kindle edition by. The social basis of the woman question by alexandra kollontai. At this juncture alexandra kollontai was one of the few who even while criticising the notion of sisterhood of all women that the bourgeois womens organisations propagated, sensed. A biography now 1608463680 books alexandra kollontai. A female soviet diplomat in the 1930s with unconventional views on sexuality, probably inspired by kollontai, had been played by greta garbo in the movie ninotchka 1939. Kollontai, alexandra 18721952russian revolutionary and feminist who was the first woman to be a member of the bolshevik central committee and the council of peoples commissars as well as the worlds first female ambassador. Prior to the 1917 revolution, she was an active speaker, writer, and organizer in the socialist women workers movement in russia and europe. The life of alexandra kollontai, with glenda jackson as the voice of kollontai.
Alexandra kollontai i 8721952 has been usually subjected. O comunismo e a familia, alexandra kollontai, ma marxists internet archive. Aleksandra mikhaylovna kollontay soviet revolutionary and. Summarize the following primary source to offer historical. She was a leading marxist theorist on womens liberation and sexual emancipation. Born alexandra domontovich in 1872, her father was a former tsarist general, her mother the daughter of a minor nobleman. Nov 25, 2011 alexandra kollontai was not only interested in developing theories based on a mode of revolution but she also concentrated on the social basis of womens rights. Aleksandra mikhaylovna kollontai was a russian revolutionary, feminist and the first soviet female diplomat. Her father, general mikhail alekseevich domontovich, served as. Mar 27, 2021 the daughter of a general in the imperial russian army, aleksandra mikhaylovna married an army officer, vladimir mikhaylovich kollontay. Love of worker bees by alexandra kollontai and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Petersburg died march 9th 1952 in moscow occupation russian communist revolutionary, soviet ambassador to norway family background.
As a cofounder of the zhenotdel, the womens department in the communist party, she introduced. Alexandra kollontai was a prominent russian revolutionary, a commissar of social welfare after the october revolution in 1917, and a longterm soviet ambassador to sweden. Ghodsee reads and discusses 47 selections from the works of alexandra kollontai 18721952, a socialist womens activist who had radical ideas about the intersections of socialism and womens emancipation. Alexandra kollontai was a russian revolutionary feminist and the only female minister in lenins first government after the revolution in 1917. She created civil marriage, saved the ussr from the war with sweden, but the merits did not save her from accusations of espionage and the legalization of prostitution. Kollontai firmly believed in the emancipatory potential of noncommodified and thus nonpossessive relations among free individuals not bound by economic dependency. She was also a champion for women and labor empowerment. Women and social revolution, 19051917 caitlin vest this paper. Alexandra kollontai the only woman member of the bolshevik central committee and the ussrs first minister of social welfareis known today as a historic contributor to the international womens movement, and as one of the first bolshevik leaders to oppose the growth of the bureaucracy in the young socialist state. Alexandra kollontais red love and women in soviet art. The writings of anna litveiko and alexandra kollontai the revolution of 1917 fundamentally altered russian society. Official fanpage of alexandra kollontai, great revolutionary and diplomat inspiring new generations. Alexandra kollontai s essays on sexuality in communist society written in the 1920s invite con temporary reflection on the application of her ideas to working men and women in hungary, long con.
Born into aristocratic privilege, the russian kollontai was initially a member of the mensheviks before she joined lenin and the bolsheviks and became an important revolutionary. Revisiting the ideas of a russian revolutionary and feminist on such topics as sexual politics, free love, and motherhood. Born alexandra or aleksandra mikhailovna domontovich in st. Alexandra kollontai 1947 and can be used in conjunction with kollontai s autobiography of a sexually emancipated communist woman choice, apr. The autobiography of a sexually emancipated communist woman. Alexandra kollontai article about alexandra kollontai by. In this article, beatrice farnsworth suggests that aleksandra kollontai, old bolshevik, socialistfeminist, and former leader of the workers opposition, survived. From the the abdication of tsar nicholas ii in february to the bolshevik assumption of power in october, the year 1917 was characterized by intense social, political, and economic upheaval. Alexandra kollontai, comunismo e familia vlogoteca youtube.
Pdf alexandra kollontai and marxist feminism jinee. Apr 16, 20 kollontai s mother, alexandra androvna masalinamravinskaia, was a daughter of a finnish peasant who made a fortune selling wood. Aug 14, 2020 the russian communist revolutionary alexandra kollontai lived from 1872 to 1952. That her work continues to be studied is a testament to its power. In this excerpt, she explains the theoretical links between these two strands of her life. Alexandra kollontai and red love against the current. March 19 1872 9 march 1952 was a russian communist revolutionary, first as a member of the mensheviks, then from 1914 on as a bolshevik. She believed in the social value of what she called lovesolidarity based on comradeship and equality and contends these will become the lever in communist society that. Pdf to record the contradictions within the life and writings of alexandra kollontai is to reclaim a largely unidentified part of marxist feminist. Alexandra kollontai 18721952 was a significant figure in the bolshevik party during the russian revolution.
Kollontai, aleksandra mikhailovna maiden name, domontovich. The 1870s saw the beginnings of female involvement in radicalism. Serving as the peoples commissar for welfare in vladimir lenins government in 19171918, she was a highly prominent. Aug 21, 2020 alexandra kollontai s approach to political struggle was grounded in historical materialism, the marxist approach to history. Alexandra kollontai and the fate of bolshevik feminism jstor. Selected writings of alexandra kollontai pdf download full.
A biography pdf book author, online pdf book editor alexandra kollontai. In 1898, however, she abandoned her privileged social position, later became affiliated with the russian socialdemocratic workers party, and spread revolutionary propaganda among women workers. She became arguably the most influential female in the new soviet society. Petersburg into the family of a russian general and aristocrat, mikhail domontovich a general in the russoturkish war of 18771878 and the head of the chancellery of the russian administration in bulgaria from 18781879 and aleksandra. Free love and sexual depravity will plunge society into moral and sexual chaos, they bluster. Kollontais ideas on free love and her liaison with the sailor dybenko, a man both.
Traditionally in surveys of soviet history, if alexandra kollontai is mentioned she. You may not be perplexed to enjoy every ebook collections love of worker. A reader on alexandra kollontai sternberg press by alexandra kollontai, michele masucci, et al. Alexandra kollontai was a revolutionary socialist and a feminist. Selected writings of alexandra kollontai pdf download. Alexandra kollontai was a russian revolutionary who gained prominence in politics for her strong views against the privileges of the bureaucracy. The life and writings of kollontai are restricted to a thin volume of selected speeches and articles of kollontai published by progress publishers, moscow 1984. Download and disturb books online, epub pdf online audible kindle is an easy way to protest, books for heterogeneous. Name alexandra mikhailovna kollontai born march 31st 1872 in st. Pdf are there feminist perspectives to help evaluate the significance of violent acts committed on behalf of a feminist agenda in times of social. Selected writings of alexandra kollontai by alexandra kollontai. View alexandra kollontai research papers on academia. After the 1917 revolution, she rebelled against lenin over peace with germany in 1918, and then against her party when she joined the workers opposition in 1921. Aleksandra kollontai russiapedia politics and society.
Kollontai was the subject of the 1994 tv film, a wave of passion. She was the first woman to represent the soviet union in a foreign country. Here, we will certainly offer all publications selected writings, by alexandra kollontai that you need. Figure in the international and russian revolutionary movement. Woman occupied not only a free but also a highly respected position among all savages. Ebook free pdf selected writings, by alexandra kollontai. Alexandra kollontai, love of worker bees, trans, and introd. Alexandra kollontaithe only woman member of the bolshevik central committee and the ussrs first minister of. She didnt see the status of women, the structure of the family, or even love as somehow natural or given, as unchanging over time. For this reason, in june 1915 he joined the bolsheviks. Download and stutter books online, epub pdf online audible kindle is an easy way to supply, books for company. To the woman worker, mp3 audio of kollontai speaking.
A nova mulher e a moral sexual, oposicao operaria, um grande amor, a familia e o comunismo, as relacoes sexuais, marxismo e a revolucao. Intro to alexandra kollontai to the woman worker, mp3 audio of kollontai speaking. Thanks for visiting the best internet site that provide hundreds kinds of book collections. O comunismo e a familia portuguese edition by alexandra kollontai. Free pdf selected writings, by alexandra kollontai. The bolshevik activisttheorist alexandra kollontai 18721952 was an. Love of worhers beesalexandra kollontai 1999 love of worker bees, written by one. The alexandra kollontai archive marxists internet archive. In this text, kollontai advocated for more political free dom for trade unionists. The workers opposition alexandra kollontai kollontai s pamphlet was one of the central theoretical works of the workers opposition movement within the bolshevik party, arguing for increased union control of the economy and the debureaucratisation of the party hierarchy. The books from wellknown writers and publishers are given. Alexandra kollontai biography of russian revolutionary. Kollontai deals with both the reality of important topics and the theory behind the oppressing patriarchal society, constantly flitting between the two modes of thought.
Leaving it to the bourgeois scholars to absorb themselves in discussion of the question of the superiority of one sex over the other, or in the weighing of brains and the comparing of the psychological structure of men and women, the followers of historical materialism fully accept the natural specificities of each sex and demand only that each person, whether man or woman, has a real. Kollontai s path to socialism resembled that take by many other women. Without alexandra kollontai the lens through which societies examine the relationships between men and women would be much different. Marxist feminism without alexandra kollontai, and her impact on the lives of russian women far beyond being the first female. Feb 19, 2021 alexandra mikhailovna kollontai russian. The social basis of the woman question alexandrakollontaihayley. In 1872, the same year kollontai was born to wealthy parents, a radical study group of. Alexandra kollontai had been a rebel throughout her life. Lenins writings on women titled on the emancipation of women 1965 seem to be oblivious to the very existence of alexandra kollontai let alone responding to the questions raised by her. Alexandra kollontai and marxist feminism by elena wirth. This translation is taken from a pamphlet titled communism and the family, published in london by the workers socialist federation sometime between 1918 and 1920. By alexandra kollontai translated and introduced by cathy porter virago, 1999 378 pp. The following article is from the great soviet encyclopedia 1979. Biography image gallery intro to alexandra kollontai.
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