4. THE MAKING OF A HERO

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS x
5. PART ONE. The Origins
6. 1. THE BACKGROUND: THE RISE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENTSIA 1
7. 2. THE MARRIAGE OF FEELING AND REASON 26
8. 3. THE RISE OF A NEW FAITH 49
9. 4. THE MAKING OF A HERO 60
10. 5. THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE 75
11. 6. AGAINST THE STREAM: THE YOUTH OF VLADIMIR ULYANOV 92
12. PART TWO. The Iskra Period
13. 7. "FROM A SPARK A FLAME SHALL BE KINDLED": ISKRA AND THE STRUGGLE FOR CONSCIOUSNESS 117
14. 8. A PROGRAM FOR SOCIAL DEMOCRACY 142
15. PART THREE. The Birth of Bolshevism and Menshevism
16. 9. UNIFICATION AND SCHISM: THE STILLBIRTH OF THE RSDRP 165
17. 10. BOLSHEVISM AND MENSHEVISM: THE SEARCH FOR A DEFINITION 182
18. 11. THE PARTY AND REVOLUTION 198
19. CONCLUSION 209
20. NOTES 223
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 235
22. INDEX 241