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Lenin as an Object of Formalist Discourse: The Limits of the Literary and the Boundaries of Discipline

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 2, Page 197-216, April 2026.
Abstract The analysis of Lenin’s language and rhetoric undertaken by the leading representatives of Russian Formalism in the pages of the journal LEF in early 1924 represents more than a tactical attempt to align Formalism with the mainstream of Bolshevik culture‐building in the context of the Soviet 1920s.
Alastair Renfrew
wiley   +1 more source

Snap Judgements: Turning Photography into Art in the Late Soviet Union

open access: yesThe Russian Review, Volume 85, Issue 2, Page 217-236, April 2026.
Abstract The history of photography and photography theory in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is often preoccupied with “Western” criticism and arguments regarding the photograph as art, document, or technology. Yet, this criticism has ignored the development of photographic theory in the Soviet Union, particularly during the 1950s and 1960s ...
Jessica Werneke
wiley   +1 more source

Nightmare egalitarianism: Commensuration, autonomy, and imagination Le cauchemar de l’égalitarisme : commensuration, autonomie et imagination

open access: yesJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue S1, Page 7-27, March 2026.
Egalitarianism is often idealized, but many anthropologists have noted its potential for nightmare scenarios involving envy, mistrust, and violence. This introduction outlines a framework for understanding the negative emotions and violence associated with the forces of commensuration that are necessary to make people equal.
Natalia Buitron   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexing the history of Indian anti‐colonial internationalism: White women, Indian men and the politics of the personal

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 207-223, March 2026.
Abstract In contrast to the wealth of literature on the gendered and sexual politics of Indian nationalism, studies on the internationalisation of Indian anti‐colonial nationalism are rarely informed by the twin themes of gender and sexuality. As Indian activists traversed international political spaces in the early twentieth century, they frequently ...
Joanna Simonow
wiley   +1 more source

Winston Churchill and France: A Certain Ideal

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 183-200, March 2026.
Abstract This article examines relations between Winston Churchill and France. It argues that Churchill was sympathetic to France and, in particular, unusual among Englishmen of his generation in being sympathetic to its political system, but also that this sympathy did not make Churchill consistent in his relations with France.
Richard Vinen
wiley   +1 more source

Eisenstein, Part 2: '[As] in Life Itself' – Montage from 1930 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1967
Few artists have tried harder than Sergei Eisenstein to understand what they were doing, how and why, as they fashioned early on the works that made them famous, and no one among them has ever affirmed later on – with such clarity and conviction – how ...
Cameron, Evan Wm.
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Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 395, Page 237-254, March 2026.
Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
wiley   +1 more source

Thermidor: The Revolution Betrayed in Trotsky, Orwell and Serge

open access: yes
Critical Quarterly, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 60-81, April 2026.
Anna Vaninskaya
wiley   +1 more source

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