The Russian author and political agitator Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (1812-1870) developed a socialist philosophy that was the ideological basis for much of the revolutionary activity in Russia. Aleksandr Herzen, whose real surname was Yakovlev, was...

Alexander Herzen was a prolific and varied writer. His collected works approach forty volumes in the standard Soviet edition and are dominated by his masterpiece--his memoirs, Byloe i dumy (first complete edition, 1921; translated as My Past and...

Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovich(1812–1870) Alexander Ivanovich Herzen, the Russian editor, essayist, and social philosopher, was the illegitimate son of I. A. Iakovlev. Herzen was graduated from the faculty of physics and mathematics of Moscow...

Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen (Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Ге́рцен) (April 6 [O.S. 25 March] 1812 in Moscow — January 21 [O.S. 9 January] 1870 in Paris) was a major Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the "father of...

The passions of their idealistic youth run up against reality and middle-age for the 19th century revolutionaries and intellectuals in "Salvage," the third chapter of "The Coast of Utopia," Tom Stoppard's masterful trilogy of man's quest for a new and better world.Rueful resignation isn't as...

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 15, the 227th day of 2007. There are 138 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Aug. 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced to his subjects in a pre-recorded radio address that Japan had accepted terms of surrender for ending World...

As you enter the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center for the opening installment of The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard’s trilogy about the fate of the revolutionary intellectuals of mid-19th-century Russia, it would be understandable if you were overcome by the fear that you...

As you enter the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center for the opening installment of The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard’s trilogy about the fate of the revolutionary intellectuals of mid-19th-century Russia, it would be understandable if you were overcome by the fear that you...

Berlin is a noted twentieth-century critic of Russian literature. The essay that follows—written in 1968—presents an overview of Herzen 's biography, personality, and political commitment. Berlin stresses in particular Herzen 's talents as a writer and an intellectual.

Acton portrays Herzen 's life as the negotiation of his philosophical, activist, and private selves. In the essay that follows, Acton focuses specifically on how these three aspects interacted to position Herzen in Russian society before his emigration in 1847.

In the following essay, Katz places his synopsis of the novel Who Is to Blame? between a discussion of its literary precedents and a review of the critical evaluations it has received since its publication.