\u201cLive to destroy\u201d as the goal of a revolutionary turns Sergei Nechaev\u2019s catechism into a program of broad -scale terrorist activity. He aims to infiltrate society with the purpose of \u201cpassionate, total, universal, and total destruction.\u201d A scary idea, even thinking about Russian nineteenth-century society, where, according to the Program of the Narodnaia Volia<\/i>, \u201ceconomically and politically\u201d Russian people lived \u201cin a state of absolute slavery.\u201d They were deprived of any citizens\u2019 rights and worked to \u201csupport the parasitic classes,\u201d \u2013 the Russian elite. The Catechism of the Revolutionary <\/i>is so extreme and terror-oriented, that it is hard to try understanding the good intentions behind it. Saving the Russian people from oppression by eliminating all traditions and orders of Russian life is an impossible thing to do \u2013 Russian character relies upon tradition and long history, so total destruction as a way to change the order of life is a dead end in Russian society, or any other society for that matter.<\/p>\n
The Program of the Narodnaia Volia<\/i> also sets the task to improve the miserable lives of the Russian people. The members of Narodnaia Volia<\/i> protested against the state oppressing the Russian people and worked to achieve freedom, equality and prosperity of the people through the revolution. Inspired by the slogan \u201cpower to the people,\u201d they put duty to the country above human feelings and were ready for self-sacrifice to fulfill their aim at any cost. At the same time, Narodnaya Volia saw terror as the last resort and blamed the fact that they had to use terror on the Russian monarchy, cruelly vanquishing any attempts of social unrest. It waged \u201cpartisan warfare\u201d within society, that was undermining the foundation of the Russian state and winning the sympathies of broad social circles.<\/p>\n
It seems strange and unfortunate that the activity of Narodnaia Volia<\/i> were so passionately directed against the tsar Aleksander II, known as the Liberator, who put an end to serfdom in Russia and supported many reforms in Russian society. Even after assassinating Aleksander II, Narodnaia Volia, let alone the revolutionary organizations more terrorist in nature, like those described in Nechaev\u2019s Catechism of the Revolutionary<\/i>, could never achieve their goals. This brings me to the conclusion that extremist ideologies like Nechaev\u2019s or, to some extent, that of Narodnaia Volia<\/i>, are not effective methods to bring about positive change into society. The principle \u201cthe purpose justifies the way\u201d often causes destruction without creating a successful alternative for the future.<\/p>\n
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\u201cLive to destroy\u201d as the goal of a revolutionary turns Sergei Nechaev\u2019s catechism into a program of broad -scale terrorist activity. He aims to infiltrate society with the purpose of \u201cpassionate, total, universal, and total destruction.\u201d A scary idea, even … Continue reading