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Intimate enemies : demonizing the Bolshevik opposition, 1918-1928 / Igal Halfin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Halfin, Igal, Author.
- 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.
- Opposition (Political science)--History--Soviet Union.
- Opposition (Political science).
- Communication in politics--History--Soviet Union.
- Communication in politics.
- Soviet Union.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (425 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Presents a study of the transformation of Bolshevik Party ideology, language, and power relations during the crucial period leading up to Stalin's seizure power. This work argues that Bolshevism - which claimed sole access to truth and morality - demonized its enemies and became in effect a theology that facilitated a monumental power shift.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Prologue: The first intimate enemy
- Introduction: Individual Truth and Party Truth
- Chapter 1. Oppositionism as a malady of the mind
- Illustrations 1-13
- Chapter 2. Killing with words
- Chapter 3. Healing oppositionist souls
- Illustrations 14-30
- Chapter 4. The emergence of "Trotskyism" and "Zinovievism"
- Chapter 5. From a weak body to a wicked mind
- Illustrations 31-50
- Chapter 6. Inquisition, communist style
- Epilogue: The Opposition Demonized
- Notes
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-412) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822973171
- 0822973170
- OCLC:
- 884586480
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