Conscience, Dissent and Reform in Soviet Russia - Rilegato

Boobbyer, Philip

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0415331862 ISBN 13: 9780415331869

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2005

Riassunto

This book embraces the political, intellectual, social and cultural history of Soviet Russia. Providing a useful perspective of Putin’s Russia, and with a strong historical and religious background, the book:

• looks at the changing features of the Soviet ideology from Lenin to Stalin, and the moral universe of Stalin's time
• explores the history of the moral thinking of the dissident intelligentsia
• examines the moral dimension of Soviet dissent amongst dissidents of both religious and secular persuasions, and includes biographical material
• explores the ethical assumptions of the perestroika era, firstly amongst Communist leaders, and then in the emerging democratic and national forces.

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Boobbyer's book embraces the political, intellectual, social and cultural history of Soviet Russia. It looks at the changing features of the Soviet ideology from Lenin to Stalin, and the moral universe of Stalin's time. Including a history of the moral thinking of the dissident intelligentsia the book explores the moral dimension of Soviet dissent amongst dissidents of both religious and secular persuasions, and will include biographical material. The book concludes by examining the ethical assumptions of the perestroika era, firstly amongst Communist leaders, and then in the emerging democratic and national forces.

Contenuti:

1. Introduction  2. Russian Moral Traditions before 1917  3. Tension and Change in Revolutionary Ethics  4. Moral Experience under Stalin  5. The Rebirth of Conscience under Khrushchev  6. The Ethics of the Human Rights Movement  7. In Search of Inner Freedom  8. Dialogue and Division in the Dissident Movement  9. Conscience in Literature  10. Moral Aspects of In-System Dissent  11. The Ethics of the Party Reformers  12. Conscience and Repentance during Glasnost  13. The Democratic Movement and its Dilemmas  14. Conclusion

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415331862
• ISBN 13: 9780415331869
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 282