radical thinkers: Nikolai Chernyshevsky Flashcards
Nikolai Chernyshevsky
what was he the author of?
the author of a radical journal, The Contemporary, and the book, what is to be done? which he wrote in 1862 while confined to the Peter and Paul fortress in St Petersburg
Nikolai Chernyshevsky
who was he and what did his writing suggest?
a radical journalist and politician
his writing suggested that peasants had to be made leaders of revolutionary change
Nikolai Chernyshevsky
what did he want?
wanted the revolutionary overthrow of the autocracy and the creation of a socialist society based on the old peasant commune
Nikolai Chernyshevsky - whos interests did he advocate for?
advocated for the interests of the working people
Nikolai Chernyshevsky why was he significant?
greatly influenced the young Russian intelligentsia through his classic work, What Is to Be Done? (1863)
Nikolai chernyshevsky’s impact on Russia
founder of Narodism, Russian populism( emphasize the idea of “the people” frequently associated with anti-establishment)
what did Nikolai Chernyshevsky’s ‘what is to be done’? eventually, result in
supplied the emotional dynamic that eventually went on to make the Russian Revolution