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From darkness to light : class, consciousness, and salvation in revolutionary Russia / Igal Halfin.
Van Pelt Library DK266.A33 H35 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halfin, Igal.
- Series:
- Series in Russian and East European studies
- Pitt series in Russian and East European studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, Marxist.
- History.
- Philosophy.
- Historiography.
- Soviet Union--History--1917-1936--Historiography.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--History--1917-1936--Philosophy.
- History--Philosophy.
- Philosophy, Marxist--Russia.
- Philosophy, Marxist--Soviet Union.
- Intellectuals--Russia.
- Intellectuals.
- Russia.
- Intellectuals--Soviet Union.
- Proletariat.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 474 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- In this interdisciplinary and controversial work, Igal Halfin takes an original and provocative stance on Marxist theory, and attempts to break down the divisions between history, philosophy, and literary theory.
- Contents:
- Marxism as eschatology
- The janus-faced messiah
- The "intelligentsia": vicissitudes of the notion
- The making of the new intelligentsia
- Classes made and unmade
- Proletarianization contested.
- Notes:
- "Published in conjunction with Studies of the Harriman Institute, Columbia University."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-466) and index.
- ISBN:
- 082294104X
- 0822957043
- OCLC:
- 42476181
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