The other Bolsheviks : Lenin and his critics, 1904-1914

The Other Bolsheviks, focuses on the thought and activities of A.A. Bogdanov, A.V. Lunacharsky, Maxim Gorky, and V.D. Bonch-Bruevich, this political and intellectual history of Bolshevism before 1914 shows that Lenin by no means dominated or controlled his own fraction of the Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party, as his famous essay 'What Is to Be Done?' (1902) implies. Introduction I. The Word: Lenin, Bonch-Bruevich, and the Art of Secret Writing II. Matter Into Energy: Vanguard Party and Workers’ Collective III. Self-Sacrifice: Gorky’s New Money and Moscow’s Old Believer IV. Experience: Leonid Krasin and the Revolution of 1905 V. Myth: Lunacharsky, Syndicalism, and Collective Immortality VI. Expropriation: Stalin and the Georgians as Bank Robbers VII. Mind Over Matter: Orthodoxy Against Science VIII. Bolshevism Without Lenin: Collectivism and the Capri School IX. Lenin Without Bolshevism: Russian Politics and German Money X. A Childhood Disease: Communism Over Syndicalism XI. Conclusion: Lenin Over Bolshevism Notes Selected Bibliography Index Robert C. Williams. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 222-228.