Debates on Stalinism / Mark Edele.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Edele, Mark, author.

Series:

Issues in historiography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.

Stalin, Joseph.

History.

Historiography.

Soviet Union--History--1925-1953.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--History--1925-1953--Historiography.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Debates on Stalinism introduces major debates about Stalinism during and after the Cold War. Did 'Stalinism' form a system in its own right or was it a mere stage in the overall development of Soviet society? Was it an aberration from Leninism or the logical conclusion of Marxism? Was its violence the revenge of the Russian past or the result of a revolutionary mindset? Was Stalinism the work of a madman or the product of social forces beyond his control? The book shows the complexities of historiographical debates, where evidence, politics, personality, and biography are strongly entangled. Debates on Stalinism allows readers to better understand not only the history of history writing, but also contemporary controversies and conflicts in the successor states of the Soviet Union, in particular Russia and Ukraine."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Biography and historiography

1. A `Withering Crossfire': Debating Stalinism In The Cold War

2. Marxism

Lewinism And The Origins Of Stalinism

3. The Russian Origins Of Totalitarianism: Empire And Nation

4. Unrevisionist Revisionism

pt. II Cold War debates

5. Stalinism With Stalin Left In

6. Totalitarianism And Revisionism

7. After Revisionism

pt. III Contemporary debates

8. Fighting Russia's History Wars

9. Holodomor: A Transnational History.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1784994316

9781784994310

9781784994303

1784994308

OCLC:

1120096257