Red Golem: Criticism of Industrial Civilization in Soviet Culture and Misticism During the Civil War

Authors

  • E I Rabinovich

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18502/keg.v3i8.3608

Abstract

This article describes an early Soviet version of the critique of the industrial culture, based on the works by Alexander Bogdanov and George Gurdjieff. Bogdanov’s analysis of Taylorism is explored within the context of the development of the concept of ‘proletarian culture’. Terminological apparatus of George Gurdjieff’s theory is described as a form of radical criticism of the early XXth-century culture. We also highlight the place of the ‘man-machine’ metaphor within the intellectual life of the post-revolutionary Soviet Russia.

 

 

Keywords: Taylorism, Soviet culture, 1919, А. Bogdanov, proletarian culture, G. Gurdjieff

References

Bogdanov, A. (1919). Mezhdu chelovekom i machinoy. Kharkov: O sisteme Teylora.

Ouspensky, P. D. (1999). V poiskakh chudesnogo. Moscow.

Scholem, G. (2004). Osnovnyye techeniya v evreiskoy mistike (Major Trends in Jewish Misticism). Moscow: Mosty kul’tury; Jerusalem: Gesharim

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Published

2018-12-23

How to Cite

Rabinovich, E. I. (2018). Red Golem: Criticism of Industrial Civilization in Soviet Culture and Misticism During the Civil War. KnE Engineering, 3(8), 48–53. https://doi.org/10.18502/keg.v3i8.3608

Issue

Facets of Culture in the Age of Social Transition Proceedings of the All-Russian Research Conference

Section

Articles