{"product_id":"my-disillusionment-in-russia-9791043135569","title":"My Disillusionment in Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emma Goldman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Disillusionment in Russia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmma Goldman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e1919\u003c\/strong\u003e, at the height of the anti-leftist \u003cstrong\u003ePalmer Raids\u003c\/strong\u003e conducted by the \u003cstrong\u003eWilson\u003c\/strong\u003e administration, the anarchist activist and writer \u003cstrong\u003eEmma Goldman\u003c\/strong\u003e was deported to the nascent Soviet Union. Despite initial plans to fight the deportation order in court, \u003cstrong\u003eGoldman\u003c\/strong\u003e eventually acquiesced in order to take part in the new revolutionary Russia herself. While initially supportive of the Bolsheviks, with some reservations, \u003cstrong\u003eGoldman\u003c\/strong\u003e's firsthand experiences with Bolshevik oppression and corruption prompted her titular disillusionment and eventual emigration to Germany.\u003cstrong\u003eIn My Disillusionment\u003c\/strong\u003e in Russia, \u003cstrong\u003eGoldman\u003c\/strong\u003e records her travels throughout Russia as part of a revolutionary museum commission, and her interactions with a variety of political and literary figures like \u003cstrong\u003eVladimir Lenin\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMaxim Gorky\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Reed\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Kropotkin\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eGoldman\u003c\/strong\u003e concludes her account with a critique of the Bolshevik ideology in which she asserts that revolutionary change in institutions cannot take place without corresponding changes in values.\u003cstrong\u003eMy Disillusionment\u003c\/strong\u003e in Russia had a troubled publication history, since the first American printing in \u003cstrong\u003e1923\u003c\/strong\u003e omitted the last twelve chapters of what was supposed to be a thirty-three chapter book. (Somehow, the last chapters failed to reach the publisher, who did not suspect the book to be incomplete.) The situation was remedied with the publication of the remaining chapters in \u003cstrong\u003e1924\u003c\/strong\u003e as part of a volume titled \u003cstrong\u003eMy Further Disillusionment\u003c\/strong\u003e in Russia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776363610263,"sku":"9791043135569","price":2166.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043135569.webp?v=1777995812","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/my-disillusionment-in-russia-9791043135569","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}