Stalin era intellectuals : culture and Stalinism / edited by Elina Viljanen and Vesa Oittinen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Viljanen, Elina, editor.

Oittinen, Vesa, 1951- editor.

Series:

Studies in contemporary Russia.

Studies in contemporary Russia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intellectuals--Soviet Union.

Intellectuals.

Philosophy, Russian--20th century.

Philosophy, Russian.

Soviet Union--Intellectual life.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2023]

Summary:

"This book focuses on the extent to which Soviet scholars and cultural theoreticians were able to act autonomously during the Stalin era. The authors question how we should consider certain intellectual achievements which took place despite the pressure of Stalinism, and how best to recognise and describe such achievements. The chapters offer suggestions for new interpretations on Soviet philosophy of science and humanities, linguistics, philosophy, musicology, literature and mathematics from the point of view of general cultural theory. In this way, they challenge the received image of the Stalin-era humanities which reduces them into mere propaganda. Intended for scholars of Russian and Soviet studies this book will dispel many received views about the character of Stalinism and Soviet culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement Page

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Editors

List of Contributors

Contact Information

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 Introduction: On Soviet Intellectual Culture during the Stalin Era

Chapter 2 Fighting Avant-Garde with Phenomenology: Gustav Shpet's 'New Realism'

Chapter 3 Stalin and Philosophy in Soviet Russia

Chapter 4 'Menshevising Idealism' and Stalinisation of Philosophy

Chapter 5 The Naked Truth of Fact: Andrey Platonov on the Margins of Factography

Chapter 6 Everyday Symphonism: Boris Asafiev's Soviet Theory of Popular Music

Chapter 7 Confronting Modernism in the Stalin Era: Mikhail Lifshits as Critic and Philosopher of Culture

Chapter 8 Maxim Gorky as Spokesman for Proletarian Humanism

Chapter 9 Sofya Yanovskaya in Defence of Abstractions: Between Soviet Ideology and Bourgeois Idealism

Chapter 10 The Anti-Fascist Cultural Theory of Nikolai Bukharin and the Concept of Socialist Humanism

Chapter 11 Nikolay Marr's Theory of Language and Konstantin Megrelidze's Historical Science of Thought

Chapter 12 Between Critique and Conformism: The Languages and Cultures of Caste and Nation in Stalin-Era Indology

Chapter 13 Stalinism, War, and Artistic Representation of Reality: Konstantin Simonov's Critique of the 'System of Silence' in 1956

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-321983-7

1-003-21983-7

1-000-78563-7

9781003219835

OCLC:

1345615022