The Mind and Face of Bolshevism

An Examination of Cultural Life in Soviet Russia

René Fülöp-Miller, F. S. Flint

• Publisher: Muriwai Books
• Year: 2017
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781787205093
• Subtopic: Russian History
• Index: History

First published in 1927, this is the English translation of German author René Fülöp-Miller's account of non-political developments under the Bolshevist regime. It thoroughly examines cultural life in the Soviet Union and illustrates, through rich use of photographs throughout, how the mechanistic theory—freed from the control of individualism and individualistic religion, or what the author calls 'a collective man'—applies itself to decorative design, literature, monumental art, the theatre, music, and education.
A revealing book which everyone should read.
"The best and most profound book on Bolshevism which has hitherto appeared outside Russia. Fülöp-Miller's examination is very objective and many-sided." -NICOLAS BERDYAEV
"The most comprehensive book on the non-political side of Bolshevism which, to our knowledge, has so far been published. It is a serious study of the social, philosophical, artistic, religious, and economic antecedents and consequences of Bolshevism, deriving its value not only from an obviously wide acquaintance with the literature of the Subject, but also from the fact that the writer has fortified his reading by firsthand study of and residence in Soviet Russia."—The Times [London] Literary Supplement
"This book is a profound psychological and social study of a movement which must be examined historically and scientifically rather than tested by the political tenets and beliefs to which other countries have for centuries been habituated. No one interested in modern Russia can afford to leave this book unread."—Asiatic Review (London)
"...it treats Bolshevism, not from the standpoint of politics or economics, but in its wider aspect, as a new way of life or a new religion. There is the most praiseworthy attempt at objectivity, and the information in the book is exceedingly interesting." -BERTRAND RUSSELL

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• INTRODUCTION
• NOTE ON THE PRONUNCIATION OF RUSSIAN NAMES
• Chapter I - THE COLLECTIVE MAN
• Chapter II - LENIN
• Chapter III - THE PHILOSOPHY OF BOLSHEVISM
• Chapter IV - BOLSHEVISM IN THE LIGHT OF SECTARIANISM
• Chapter V - THE BOLSHEVIK MONUMENTAL STYLE
• Chapter VI - THE PROPAGANDIST THEATRE
• Chapter VII - THEATRICALIZED LIFE
• Chapter VIII - THE MECHANIZING OF POETRY
• Chapter IX - BOLSHEVIK MUSIC
• Chapter X - THE REVOLUTIONIZING OF EVERYDAY LIFE
• Chapter XI - ILLITERACY AND THE NEW EDUCATION
• Chapter XII - THE REFORMATION OF THE BYZANTINE CHURCH
• Chapter XIII - THE REBIRTH OF RUSSIAN MYSTICISM
• Chapter XIV - THE KATORGA-THEN AND NOW
• Chapter XV - THE ETHICS OF BOLSHEVISM
• EPILOGUE - DOSTOEVSKI’S VISION OF BOLSHEVISM
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER