Anatoli Lunacharsky on Education: Selected Articles & Speeches presents a powerful and insightful collection of writings by Anatoli Vasilievich Lunacharsky — the first People’s Commissar of Education of Soviet Russia and one of the foremost thinkers on socialist education, culture, and human development. This volume gathers his most influential essays and speeches, offering a deep understanding of how Marxist philosophy and revolutionary ideals were applied to the transformation of education, art, and culture in the early Soviet era.

Lunacharsky’s vision of education was not merely about literacy or schooling — it was about the formation of a new human being capable of critical thought, creativity, and collective consciousness. His works discuss the role of teachers, schools, and the arts in shaping a socialist society, emphasizing that education must be free, secular, universal, and connected to productive labor.

This collection reflects Lunacharsky’s belief in the unity of science, art, and ideology, exploring topics such as moral education, cultural revolution, proletarian art, and the relationship between knowledge and social justice. His words remain relevant for modern readers seeking to understand how education can serve as a tool for liberation, equality, and social transformation.

Anatoli Lunacharsky on Education: Selected Articles & Speeches is an invaluable resource for students, educators, historians, and political theorists interested in Marxist pedagogy, Soviet education, and the philosophy of human development.

PUBLISHER: PROGRESS PUBLISHERS MOSCOW

BINDING: HARD COVER

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

PAGES: 232