The Lysenko affair / David Joravsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joravsky, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lysenko, Trofim, 1898-1976.

Lysenko, Trofim.

Agriculture and state--Soviet Union.

Agriculture and state.

Science and state--Soviet Union.

Science and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (474 p.)

Edition:

University of Chicago Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy. "A standard source both for Soviet specialists and for sociologists of science."-American Journal of Sociology "Joravsky has produced . . . the most detailed and authoritative treatment of Lysenko and his view on genetics."-New York Times Book Review

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

1. Soviet Ideology as a Problem

2. A Crisis of Faith in Science

3. Harmless Cranks

4. Raising Stalin's Hand

5. Stalinist Self-Defeat, 1936-1950

6. Self-Conquest, 1950-1965

7. Academic Issues: Science

8. Academic Issues: Marxism

9. The Criterion of Practice

10. Ideologies and Realities

Appendix A. Repressed Specialists

Appendix B. For Kremlinologists

Bibliography

Notes

Index

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1970 (Russian Research Center studies ; 61).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613058300

9781283058308

1283058308

9780226410326

0226410323

OCLC:

699510061