Reconsidering stagnation in the Brezhnev era : ideology and exchange / edited by Dina Fainberg and Artemy Kalinovsky.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fainberg, Dina, editor.

Kalinovsky, Artemy M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich, 1906-1982--Political and social views.

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich.

Brezhnev, Leonid Ilʹich, 1906-1982--Influence.

Stagnation (Economics)--Social aspects--Soviet Union--History.

Stagnation (Economics).

Ideology--Social aspects--Soviet Union--History.

Ideology.

Political culture--Soviet Union--History.

Political culture.

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1953-1985.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Economic conditions--1965-1975.

Soviet Union--Economic conditions--1975-1985.

Soviet Union--Relations--Western countries.

Western countries--Relations--Soviet Union.

Western countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016.

Summary:

"This collection brings together an interdisciplinary array of scholars of late socialism in the U.S.S.R. and challenges the dominant narrative of stagnation during the Brezhnev era. It demonstrates that the political and intellectual class remained ideologically committed, recognized systemic challenges, and embarked on a creative search for solutions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Stagnation and its discontents / Artemy M. Kalinovsky and Dina Fainberg

Part I. Ideology between public and private spheres

Consumers as citizens : revisiting the question of public disengagement in the Brezhnev era / Natalya Chernyshova

The life and death of Brezhnev's thaw : changing values in Soviet journalism after Khrushchev, 1964-1968 / Simon Huxtable

People on the move during the "era of stagnation" : the rural exodus in the RSFSR during the 1960s-80s / Lewis H. Siegelbaum

Brezhnev's "little freedoms" : tourism, individuality, and mobility in the late Soviet period / Christian Noack

Everything was over before it was no more : decaying civilization in late stagnation cinema / Andrey Shcherbenok

Part II. The Soviet Union and the West : exchange, imagination, and competition

Stagnation or not? : the Brezhnev leadership and the East-West interaction / Sari Autio-Sarasmo

Stagnant science? : the planning and coordination of biomedical research in the Brezhnev era / Anna Geltzer

If you're going to Moscow, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair (and bring a bottle of port wine in your pocket) : the Soviet hippie "sistema" and its life in, despite, and with "stagnation" / Juliane Fürst

Norton Dodge in Lianozovo : transnational collaboration and the making of the unofficial Soviet artist / Courtney Doucette

Changing dynamics : from international exchanges to transnational musical networks / Simo Mikkonen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-2994-1