Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution

This article compares the reactions of Sofía Casanova (1861–1958) and Emma Goldman (1869–1940) to the Russian Revolution. On most issues, the Gallegan Catholic, bourgeois, conservative, monarchist, and anti-communist Sofía Casanova did not agree with the Russian and North American socialist, communi...

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Autores: Laursen , John C, López Sastre, Gerardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
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Palabra clave:Anarchism
Christianity
Communism
Conservatism
Emma Goldman
Feminism
Pacifism
Russian Revolution
Sofía Casanova
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title Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution
spellingShingle Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution
Laursen , John C
Anarchism
Christianity
Communism
Conservatism
Emma Goldman
Feminism
Pacifism
Russian Revolution
Sofía Casanova
title_short Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution
title_full Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution
title_fullStr Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution
title_full_unstemmed Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution
title_sort Sofía Casanova and Emma Goldman from Difference to Convergence on the Russian Revolution
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Laursen , John C
López Sastre, Gerardo
author Laursen , John C
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López Sastre, Gerardo
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Anarchism
Christianity
Communism
Conservatism
Emma Goldman
Feminism
Pacifism
Russian Revolution
Sofía Casanova
topic Anarchism
Christianity
Communism
Conservatism
Emma Goldman
Feminism
Pacifism
Russian Revolution
Sofía Casanova
description This article compares the reactions of Sofía Casanova (1861–1958) and Emma Goldman (1869–1940) to the Russian Revolution. On most issues, the Gallegan Catholic, bourgeois, conservative, monarchist, and anti-communist Sofía Casanova did not agree with the Russian and North American socialist, communist, anarchist, internationalist, and advocate of free love Emma Goldman. But political labels are surprisingly unhelpful when comparing the attitudes of these two thinkers to the Russian Revolution. From rather different starting points, they ended up with very similar conclusions: starting by welcoming the revolution, they both ended up excoriating it. They may form part of a more common pattern in which people with opposite political labels may have more in common than the labels prepare us to expect.
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