A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai
Kristen R. Ghodsee
157 episodes
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Kristen Ghodsee reads the final part of her biographical chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Ghodsee's 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women. Mentioned in this episode are these new Jacobin articles: “The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism” "Der Gebrauchswert der Liebe” Send us a text Thanks so much for listening. This podcast has no Patreon-type account and receives no funding. There are no ads and there is no monetization. If you'd like to sup...
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Kristen Ghodsee reads the final part of her biographical chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Ghodsee's 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women. Mentioned in this episode are these new Jacobin articles: “The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism” "Der Gebrauchswert der Liebe” Send us a text Thanks so much for listening. This podcast has no Patreon-type account and receives no funding. There are no ads and there is no monetization. If you'd like to sup...
142 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 3 (and a special message for election eve)
A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai
26 minutes
1 year ago
142 - A.K. 47 - Who Needs the War? - Part 3 (and a special message for election eve)
Kristen Ghodsee reads the third section of Alexandra Kollontai's 1915 essay about World War I–"Who Needs the War?"–and looks for lessons applicable to the present day. This translation is from a 1984 collection of Kollontai's writing published by Progress Publishers in the Soviet Union, which claims that the essay was written while Kollontai was in exile in Norway. She sent it to Vladimir Lenin (then in exile in Switzerland) who also edited it before publication. The final pamphlet was first ...
A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai
Kristen Ghodsee reads the final part of her biographical chapter on Alexandra Kollontai from Ghodsee's 2022 book, Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women. Mentioned in this episode are these new Jacobin articles: “The Political Economy of Love in Capitalism” "Der Gebrauchswert der Liebe” Send us a text Thanks so much for listening. This podcast has no Patreon-type account and receives no funding. There are no ads and there is no monetization. If you'd like to sup...
