Isaac Bazin-Mordvinov
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Isaac Bazin-Mordvinov | |
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 Portrait of Bazin-Mordvinov, 1904 | |
| Born | June 19, 1865 |
| Died | April 11, 1911 (aged 45) |
| Education | Lugin Institute of Science Grensil College, University of Morwall |
Notable work | A Comment on Emancipation Intelligensia and Propaganda |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Soravian philosophy Northern philosophy |
Notable ideas | Agrarian socialism Assimilationism (early) Left-wing terrorism Revolutionary socialism Revolutionary terror |
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Isaac Bazin-Mordvinov (June 19, 1865 – April 11, 1911; aged 45), cited sometimes as I. A. Bazin-Mordvinov from his patronymic Alexeyevych was a Vinalian-born Soravian philosopher, revolutionary and influential socialist ideologue who was one of the leading academic minds of Soravian socialism in the early-20th century and during the first Conventions of the Workers' International. He is usually cited as one of the six prabatniks.
Born in Ivanovo, Vinalia, in 1865, Bazin-Mordvinov descended from lesser nobility who had migrated to Asteria Superior in the 18th century. After the First Soravian Civil War and Chistovodia-Vinalia's declaration of independence, he and his family moved back to Soravia, settling in Luchintsy in 1867. Bazin-Mordvinov continued to have a wealthy upbringing, attending the Lugin Institute of Science (SIN) in Samistopol and later Grensill College at the University of Morwall. His time at Morwall and the SIN firmly supplanted him in academia and the Soravian intelligentsia. Bazin-Mordvinov returned to Soravia in 1894, where he entered a professorial career at Malbay University. He was later relieved of his duties in 1897 on account of his increasing radicalisation, and shortly after went into political and philosophical writing full-time.
In 1899, he published Intelligentsia and Propaganda and became the main proponent of assimilationism, where he and thousands of other academics attempted to assimilate into villages across Soravia and incite a revolution amongst the masses. The movement was wholly unsuccessful, and temporarily damaged Bazin-Mordvinov's reputation as an academic. He spent a year imprisoned in Velike Vishnavaya. After his imprisonment, he began to sympathise with advocates of revolutionary terror, and drew great influence from Weranian Kohlhausist Julius Fischer and Soravian revolutionary Ilya Glonti. At the 1st Congress of the Workers' International in 1901, his advocacy of secret societies and terrorism saw him shunned by the mainstream Nemtsovist movement, and he gradually withdrew from participation within the Section.
In 1903, he shot Avgust Subotin, a prominent security official in Samistopol, after stories of his excessive brutality became publicised across the country, but was acquitted by the jury on account of noble intent. Shortly after, Eduard Olsov was assassinated by revolutionary Karl Golov, which prompted a nationwide crackdown on socialist circles. Bazin-Mordvinov escaped through Ravnia and later resettled back in Morwall, where he continued his academic career. Three years later, he published A Comment on Emancipation, arguing that the peasantry could never successfully revolt in Soravia without assistance and guidance from the educated intelligentsia and secret societies, drawing on his experiences from 1899 as well as the lack of revolutionary activity in the aftermath of Olsov's death in 1904. He led a relatively sheltered life until his death in 1911 from lung cancer.
Despite controversy, Bazin-Mordvinov's academic works have become seminal works for agrarian socialism and revolutionism. His work influenced many revolutionaries in Soravia as well as abroad in countries such as Amathia, Kirenia and Miersa. Movements such as the Equalists and Voyins in particular took notable inspiration from Bazin-Mordvinov's principles of revolutionary terror as means for rapid social change. He remains buried at Erpingham Cemetary in Milfield.