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Stalinism and the dialectics of Saturn : anticommunism, Marxism, and the fate of the Soviet Union / Douglas Greene ; foreword by Harrison Fluss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greene, Doug Enaa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953--Influence.
- Stalin, Joseph.
- Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
- Communism--Soviet Union--History.
- Communism.
- Political culture--Soviet Union--History.
- Political culture.
- Socialism--United States--History.
- Socialism.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Politics and government.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Politics and government--1917-1936.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Other Title:
- Anticommunism, Marxism, and the fate of the Soviet Union
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- This study examines the debates, history, and theory surrounding Stalinism and the Soviet Union. The author argues that the growing popularity of socialism in the United States calls for a renewed look at the legacy of Stalinism.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Saturn and her children
- I. Stalinism as a bolt from the blue: the Jewish-Bolshevik contagion
- II. Stalinism as a bolt from the blue: Big Brother
- III. Stalinism as a bolt from the blue: the counter-Enlightenment project
- IV. Stalinism as historical necessity: Rubashov and terror
- V. Stalinism as historical necessity: the ambiguities of Western Marxism
- VI: From Proletarian Jacobinism to Stalinist Thermidor
- VII. Stalinism as Thermidor: Western retreat and Eastern reconciliation
- VIII. Escaping fate
- Appendix: Domenico Losurdo: a critical assessment of "Stalin: the history and critique of a black legend"
- Bibliography
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-2864-6
- 1-66693-090-3
- OCLC:
- 1354543812
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