Soviet Intellectuals and Political Power : The Post-Stalin Era

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In this unprecedented work on the status and role of intellectuals in Soviet political life, a former Soviet sociologist maps out the delicate, often paradoxical, ties between the political regime and the creative thinkers who play a major part in the movement toward modernization. Beginning with St...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shlapentokh, Vladimir
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Politics and government
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
Soviet Union.
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1985-1991.
URSS > Politique et gouvernement > 1953-1985.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1985-1991.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Soviet Intellectuals in the Soviet Structure: Love-Hate Relationships with the Political Elite ; 2. The Intellectuals' Values and Orientations: Between Hedonism and Altruism; 3. The Intellectuals' Subculture: A Quest; 4. Soviet Intellectuals: Oppositional Views and Inconsistent Political Behavior; 5. The 1960s: The Heroic Age of Soviet Intellectuals; 6. Liberal Socialism: The Main Ideological Trend of the 1960s; 7. Intellectuals in the Time of Political Reaction; 8. Russophile Ideology: A Trend That Rose to Dominance in the 1970s.
  • 9. Intellectuals Live in the Chosen Land: Gorbachev's GlasnostConclusion; References; Name Index; Subject Index.

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