The role of the anarchists in the Russian Revolution and civil war,1917-1921: A case study in conspiratorial party behavior during revolution.

详细信息   

• 作者：Copp ; John Walter.
• 学历：Doctor
• 年：1993
• 毕业院校：Columbia University
• CBH：9318229
• Country：USA
• 语种：English
• FileSize：10458198
• Pages：313

文摘

This thesis is an investigation and analysis of the role of the anarchists during the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the civil war which followed. Diverse aspects of the anarchists role will be examined. These will include the social composition of both the anarchist cadre and their sympathizers,the organizational characteristics of the anarchists,and the actions,attitudes and perceptions of the anarchists throughout the period from 1917 to 1921. In addition,comparisons of the Russian anarchists to other parties both in Russia and,to a limited degree,in other parts of Europe will be made in this thesis. As the thesis progresses,it will attempt to place the anarchists in the context of conspiratorial parties during revolutionary situations in general. The author analyzes the set of characteristics which make up a "successful" revolutionary party using the Bolsheviks as a general model. The dissertation explores the reasons why the anarchists did not achieve their aims during the Russian revolutions and civil war. In the course of developing its own hypothesis,this dissertation will examine and to some extent refute previous hypotheses about why the anarchists failed. These include hypotheses by Bolshevik and later Soviet authors which argue that the anarchists "failure" was based upon the anarchists "class" background and suggestions by both Western and Soviet scholars that it was a result of the nature of anarchism itself. In the end,the author argues,the anarchists inability to achieve their dreams of a social revolution in Russia was largely due to an inability to organize themselves effectively on a national or even regional scale.