Aleksandra Michajlovna Kollontaj Knihy

Len málo žien malo taký jedinečný osud ako revolucionárka a prvá sovietska diplomatka Alexandra Kollontajová. Už v mladosti si uvedomila sociálnu rozpornosť cárskeho režimu a veľmi zavčasu zasvätila svoj život boju za zmenu nespravodlivého spoločenského poriadku. Logika vývinu života ju celkom zákonite priviedla do tábora revolucionárov, ktorých prácu riadil a usmerňoval V. I. Lenin.Alexandra Kollontajová obetovala osobné šťastie službe revolúcii. Spoznala údel politického emigranta, bojovala za vec proletariátu na našom i americkom kontinente, zoznámila sa aj s Kerenského žalárom.Po víťaznom Októbri, ktorý Alexandra Kollontajová svojou rozvetvenou propagandistickou a organizátorskou prácou v Rusku a v cudzine pomáhala pripravovať, stáva sa v sovietskej vláde ľudovou komisárkou a neskôr diplomatkou - pričom sa ťažisko jej diplomatického pôsobenia spája s pohybom vo Švédsku.Knihu memoárového charakteru oživujú najvýznamnejšie epizódy z jej bohatého života. Ukazuje, aký cieľavedomý a mnohostranný, pritom vznešenému sociálnemu a socialistickému cieľu bol život tejto ženy zasvätený.

The revolutionary legacy of Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) has slipped into relative obscurity. This is somewhat surprising, because she was a voluminous writer - on politics, Marxist theory, country-specific economic studies, and the women's question. She left letters, diaries, memoirs and pamphlets, theoretical tracts, articles, and creative literature. She authored two novels, The Love of Worker Bees and Red Love, which explored issues of love and socialist morality. Kollontai was resolutely opposed to bourgeois feminism, the term used to demarcate a form of feminism that was anti-Marxist and that drove an agenda of free love. She was, however, perhaps the only one amongst a small group of women and men communists in her time who engaged intellectually with issues of sexual morality in the context of women's liberation. She envisioned the many possibilities for women's freedom that lay locked in a socialist future, and set out the mechanisms by which women's subordination - political and economic of course, but equally in terms of ideas and attitudes - could and must be undone under socialism. This volume brings together some of her most important writings on gender, sexuality and women's liberation.

"Love of Worker Bees, which first appeared in 1923, consists of a remarkable novel and two striking short stories, written by the most famous and gifted Russian woman of the twentieth century. The novel is both a moving love story and a rare graphic portrait of Russian life after the October revolution in 1917. The heroine, Vasilia, struggles to come to terms with her passionate love for her husband and the new world that is coming into being around her. The two stories, "Three Generations" and "Sisters," provide more poignant and fascinating insights into the situation of women. The book includes an introduction by the translator with a biographical sketch of Alexandra Kollontai, an afterward by Sheila Rowbotham and a glossary.

Exploring the intersection of sexuality, motherhood, and social welfare, this collection presents the revolutionary ideas of Alexandra Kollontai, a pioneering advocate for women's rights and free love in early 20th-century Russia. As the first woman in a governing cabinet, Kollontai's insights remain relevant today, particularly in discussions surrounding socialism and feminism. Edited by Liza Featherstone, the book features rich illustrations and highlights Kollontai's enduring influence on contemporary issues like abortion rights and family support.

This groundbreaking work by Alexandra Kollontai offers a critical analysis of the bourgeois women's movement and emphasizes the importance of working-class women in the fight for gender equality. As the first full-length English translation of her 1909 text, it sheds light on revolutionary feminist ideas and the intersection of class and gender struggles, making it a significant contribution to feminist literature and Marxist theory.

Sommer 1922: Alexandra Kollontai, eine bedeutende Vorkämpferin für die Emanzipation der Frau und erste weibliche Ministerin im Rat der Volkskommissare, sucht nach neuen Herausforderungen nach Differenzen mit Lenin und anderen. Anstelle einer Korrespondententätigkeit wird sie schnell Handelsvertreterin und schließlich erste weibliche Botschafterin der Sowjetunion in Norwegen, später in Mexiko und Schweden. In ihren nach 1945 literarisch bearbeiteten Tagebuchnotizen beschreibt sie eindrucksvoll den mühsamen Kampf um diplomatische Anerkennung, Handelsabschlüsse, Kreditvereinbarungen und die Vorbereitung von Friedensverträgen mit Finnland. Sie schildert Begegnungen mit Partnern, Freunden und Gegnern sowie ihre Erfolge und Rückschläge in der Diplomatie. Ihr Wunsch, das umfangreiche Manuskript zu Lebzeiten zu veröffentlichen, blieb unerfüllt; es wurde erst 2001 in Moskau herausgegeben. Die deutsche Ausgabe, obwohl gekürzt, folgt dem ursprünglichen Manuskript und enthält zusätzliche, durch Forschung und persönliche Erfahrungen erweiterte Passagen. Ergänzt durch handschriftliche Notizen und unveröffentlichte Briefe an bedeutende Persönlichkeiten, entsteht ein facettenreiches Bild von Kollontais zweitem Lebensabschnitt und ihrer Rolle in der russischen Revolution.