Aleksandr Bogdanov

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Aleksandr Bogdanov was an early Bolshevik theorist who advanced ideas which were eventually repudiated by Lenin. His theories, set forth in Empiriomomism (1904-1908), attempt to reconcile Marxism with the empirio-criticism of Ernst Mach and Richard Avenarius. Lenin's work of refutation is Materialism and Empiriocriticism. Bogdanov was a leader of a left deviation from Bolshevism, the "recallists" which broke with the Party in 1909. They opposed participation in the Duma. He died in 1928.

Further reading

  • Komissiia Po Nauchnomu Naslediiu A.A. Bogdanova, Avraham Yassour, John Biggart, G. D. Gloveli, Georgii Gloveli Bogdanov and His Work: A Guide to the Published and Unpublished Works of Alexander A. Bogdanov (Malinovsky) 1873-1928, Ashgate Publishing (1998), hardcover, 495 pages, ISBN 1859726232
  • Alexander Bogdanov, Richard Stites, Red Star: The First Bolshevik Utopia (Soviet History, Politics, Society, & Thought), Indiana University Press, (1984), trade paperback, ISBN 0253203171
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