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Intimate enemies : demonizing the Bolshevik opposition, 1918-1928 / Igal Halfin.
- 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):
- Communism--Soviet Union--History.
- Communism.
- Communication in politics.
- History.
- Opposition (Political science).
- Soviet Union.
- Opposition (Political science)--Soviet Union--History.
- Communication in politics--Soviet Union--History.
- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za--History.
- Kommunisticheskai︠a︡ partii︠a︡ Sovetskogo Soi︠u︡za.
- Kommunisticheskai͡a partii͡a Sovetskogo Soi͡uza.
- Physical Description:
- 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Intimate Enemies is a brilliant study of the transformation of Bolshevik ideology, language, and power relations during the crucial period leading up to Stalin's seizure of power. Combining extensive research in recently opened Soviet archives with an insightful rereading of intra-Party struggles, Igal Halfin uncovers the evolution of the language of Bolshevism. This language defined the methods for judging true party loyalty-in what Halfin describes as the "hermeneutics of the soul"-and became the basis for prosecuting the Party's enemies, particularly the "intimate enemies" within the Party itself. Halfin argues that Bolshevism, which claimed sole access to truth and morality, ultimately demonized its enemies and became in effect a theology that facilitated a monumental power shift.
- Contents:
- Prologue. The First Intimate Enemy 1
- Introduction. Individual Truth and Party Truth 18
- Chapter 1 Oppositionism as a Malady of the Mind 33
- Chapter 2 Killing with Words 76
- Chapter 3 Healing Oppositionist Souls 121
- Chapter 4 The Emergence of "Trotskyism" and "Zinovievism" 178
- Chapter 5 From a Weak Body to a Wicked Mind 228
- Chapter 6 Inquisition, Communist Style 284
- Epilogue. The Opposition Demonized 327.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0822943298
- 0822959526
- 9780822943297
- 9780822959526
- OCLC:
- 76937293
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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