Where Trotsky's Train Comes From: A Literary Scholar's View of a Revolutionary's Biography

Autor:	Michael Weisskopf
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Literature Proletariat Emancipation Sociology and Political Science business.industry Judaism Biography Christianity Law Political Science and International Relations Bourgeoisie Sociology Psychoanalytic theory Safety Risk Reliability and Quality business Safety Research
Zdroj:	Terrorism and Political Violence. 25:576-586
ISSN:	1556-1836 0954-6553
DOI:	10.1080/09546553.2013.814499
Popis:	The article discusses the autobiography of Leon Trotsky (published by Bronshtein in 1930) from a psychoanalytic angle. Trotsky the revolutionary leader was a key figure in the October 1917 coup, and a statesman second only to Lenin in the early years of the Soviet regime. The article concentrates on Trotsky's departure from Judaism and evolution toward Christianity. The author sees this drift as parallel to Trotsky's transition from the Jewish bourgeoisie to the Russian proletariat. The next step in this process of denationalization would be Trotsky's embracing of world revolution. Bolshevik terror became for Trotsky a form of emancipation from his personal past.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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