Stalin Era Intellectuals
Culture and Stalinism
Language
EnglishAbstract
This book focuses on the extent to which Soviet scholars and cultural theoreticians were able to act autonomously during the Stalin era. The authors question how we should consider certain intellectual achievements which took place despite the pressure of Stalinism, and how best to recognise and describe such achievements. The chapters in this book offer suggestions for new interpretations on Soviet philosophy of science and humanities, linguistics, philosophy, musicology, literature and mathematics from the point of view of general cultural theory. In this way, they challenge the received image of the Stalin-era humanities which reduces them into mere propaganda. Intended for scholars of Russian and Soviet studies, this book will dispel many received views about the character of Stalinism and Soviet culture.
Keywords
Communism, de-stalinization, Marxism-Leninism, Menshevising Idealism, Soviet IdealismDOI
10.4324/9781003219835ISBN
9781032114200, 9781032114217, 9781003219835Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2023Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
Politics and government
Chapters in this book
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Fighting Avant-Garde with Phenomenology
- Chapter 13 Stalinism, War, and Artistic Representation of Reality
- Chapter 4 ‘Menshevising Idealism’ and Stalinisation of Philosophy
- Chapter 6 Everyday Symphonism
- Chapter 10 The Anti-Fascist Cultural Theory of Nikolai Bukharin and the Concept of Socialist Humanism