{"product_id":"living-the-revolution-urban-communes-soviet-socialism-1917-1932-9780198826798","title":"Living the Revolution: Urban Communes \u0026 Soviet Socialism, 1917-1932","description":"\u003cem\u003eLiving the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e offers a pioneering insight into the world of the early Soviet activist. At the heart of this book are a cast of fiery-eyed, bed-headed youths determined to be the change they wanted to see in the world. First banding together in the wake of the October Revolution, \u003cbr\u003eseizing hold of urban apartments, youthful enthusiasts tried to offer practical examples of socialist living. Calling themselves 'urban communes', they embraced total equality and shared everything from money to underwear. They actively sought to overturn the traditional family unit, reinvent\u003cbr\u003edomesticity, and promote a new collective vision of human interaction. A trend was set: a revolutionary meme that would, in the coming years, allow thousands of would-be revolutionaries and aspiring party members to experiment with the possibilities of socialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first definitive account of the urban communes, and the activists that formed them, this volume utilizes newly uncovered archival materials to chart the rise and fall of this revolutionary impulse. Laced with personal detail, it illuminates the thoughts and aspirations of individual activists as\u003cbr\u003ethe idea of the urban commune grew from an experimental form of living, limited to a handful of participants in Petrograd and Moscow, into a cultural phenomenon that saw tens of thousands of youths form their own domestic units of socialist living by the end of the 1920s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiving the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e is a tale of revolutionary aspiration, appropriation, and participation at the ground level. Never officially sanctioned by the party, the urban communes challenge our traditional understanding of the early Soviet state, presenting Soviet ideology as something that could both\u003cbr\u003eframe and fire the imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andy Willimott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198826798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Andy Willimott, \u003cem\u003eLecturer in Modern Russian History and Fellow of the Institute for Humatnies and Social Science, Queen Mary University if London\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr Andy Willimott is Lecturer in Modern Russian History and Fellow of the Institute for Humanties and Social Sciences at Queen Mary University of London A graduate of the School of History at UEA, and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the UCL School of Slavonic \u0026amp; East European Studies between 2012\u003cbr\u003eand 2015, he currently lives in London and is a frequent visitor to Moscow and St. Petersburg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40435094290547,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":59.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_56f94044-372a-44dd-8950-2a8b2a454c0c.jpg?v=1663076821","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/living-the-revolution-urban-communes-soviet-socialism-1917-1932-9780198826798","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}