Tentando explicar o fenomeno sovietico o autor procede a uma revisão de concepções que vão do stalinismo ao trotskismo, passando pelas teses do capitalismo de estado, do coletivismo burocratico, da revolução dos gerentes, ate a do socialismo de mercado.
Anxiety and the Russian Silver Age -- Literature and revolution : the case of Aleksandr Blok -- The Russian Silver Age : its makers and undertakers -- No "room of her own" : Anna Akhmatova's tenure in Soviet culture -- The winged eavesdropper : Kuzmin and Nabokov -- The Silver A…
The "Silver Age" (c. 1890-1917) has been one of the most intensely studied topics in Russian literary studies, and for years scholars have been struggling with its precise definition. Firmly established in the Russian cultural psyche, it continues to influence both literature an…
While the main focus is on American thinking and action, this book also discusses the responses of Russian and soviet governments, Russian Orthodox priests, and ordinary Russians to American propaganda campaigns, missionary work and popular culture.
"David Foglesong tells the story of American efforts to liberate and remake Russia since the 1880s. He analyzes the involvement of journalists, political activists, propagandists, missionaries, diplomats, engineers, and others in this grand crusade, with special attention to the…
With that, the boyish, grinning Yuri Gagarin launched into space on April 12, 1961, becoming the first human being to exit Earth's orbit. The twenty-seven-year-old lieutenant colonel departed for the stars from within the shadowy world of the Soviet military-industrial complex. …
