Ethics and Liberation: The Contributions of Potresov and Martov

Paul Kellogg

Ethics and Liberation: The Contributions of Potresov and Martov

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

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This paper will suggest that there exists a half-hidden, and important tradition of self-activity – grounded not in textual exegesis, but rather in the complex needs of emerging social movements. We need to revisit the forgotten contributions of the Bund (General Jewish Workers’ Association [Bund] in Lithuania, Poland, and Russia) as well as the writings of Iulii Martov, Arakadii Kremer, Pavel Aksel’rod, and the young Lev Trotskii. These contributions are relevant both for our understanding of history, as well as contemporary political debates. They also shine a light on the limitations of theory overly reliant on decontextualized Critique.

Original language	Canadian English
Number of pages	37
Publication status	Submitted - 20 Oct. 2023
Event	Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Convention: Decolonization - Virtual Duration: 19 Oct. 2023 → 19 Oct. 2023 https://aseees.org/convention/2023-convention/2023-aseees-convention-theme/

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Conference	Association for Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Convention
Period	19/10/23 → 19/10/23
Internet address	https://aseees.org/convention/2023-convention/2023-aseees-convention-theme/

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