The Vexing Case of Igor Shafarevich, a Russian Political Thinker

This is the first comprehensive study about the non-mathematical writings and activities of the Russian algebraic geometer and number theorist Igor Shafarevich (b. 1923). In the 1970s Shafarevich was a prominent member of the dissidents' human rights movement and a noted author of clandestine a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berglund, Krista (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Temas:
Mathematics.
Social sciences.
Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Igor Shafarevich, a lightning rod for controversy
  •  2 Shafarevich's early years in the young Soviet state
  • 3 Shafarevich, the human rights activist
  • 4 The first disputes about the Soviet - and Russian - future
  •  5 From under the rubble, Shafarevich's and Solzhenitsyn's joint project
  • 6 Shafarevich's addresses until the early 1980s
  •  7 Shafarevich's first statements during the era of glasnost
  • 8 Russophobia
  • 9 The rapid political changes of the late 1980s early 1990s
  • 10 Critique of techno-scientific civilisation
  • 11 Some conclusions
  • Sources and literature
  • Index of personal names.

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