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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786780103321

Autore

Boobbyer Philip

Titolo

Conscience, dissent and reform in Soviet Russia / / Philip Boobbyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-317-57121-5

1-317-57122-3

0-203-39803-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies

Disciplina

306.2/0947/0904

Soggetti

Political culture - Soviet Union

Conduct of life

Dissenters - Soviet Union

Social reformers - Soviet Union

Revolutionaries - Soviet Union

Social sciences and ethics - Soviet Union

Soviet Union Moral conditions

Soviet Union Intellectual life 1970-1991

Soviet Union Politics and government 1953-1985

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-269) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; Introduction; 1 Russian moral traditions before 1917; 2 Tension and change in revolutionary ethics; 3 Moral experience under Stalin; 4 The rebirth of conscience under Khrushchev; 5 The ethics of the human rights movement; 6 In search of inner freedom; 7 Dialogue and division in the dissident movement; 8 Conscience in literature; 9 Moral aspects of in-system dissent; 10 The ethics of the party reformers; 11 Conscience and repentance during glasnost'

12 The democratic movement and its dilemmas13 Conclusion; Appendix: List of interviews; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book embraces the political, intellectual, social and cultural history



of Soviet Russia. Providing a useful perspective of Putin's Russia, and with a strong historical and religious background, the book: looks at the changing features of the Soviet ideology from Lenin to Stalin, and the moral universe of Stalin's timeexplores the history of the moral thinking of the dissident intelligentsiaexamines the moral dimension of Soviet dissent amongst dissidents of both religious and secular persuasions, and includes biographical material explores the ethical assumptions of the perestroika era, f