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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815664103321

Autore

Burbank Jane

Titolo

Intelligentsia and revolution : Russian views of Bolshevism, 1917-1922 / / Jane Burbank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1986

ISBN

1-280-43969-6

0-19-802110-0

1-4237-3609-5

1-60129-631-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 pages)

Disciplina

320.5/322

Soggetti

Communism and intellectuals - Soviet Union

Intellectuals - Soviet Union - Political activity

Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography: p. 315-326 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: The Intelligentsia Tradition; 1 Revolutionaries in the Revolution: The Search for Democratic Socialism; 2 Revolutionaries in the Revolution: Populist Perspectives; 3 Two Russian Liberals: Socialism on Trial; 4 The Monarchy in Fact and Fancy; 5 A Different Culture; 6 The Revolution and the Intelligentsia; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This study of the outburst of theory and criticism in the early years of the Russian Revolution from an intelligentsia which was soon to be suppressed, presents works covering the entire political spectrum. It aims to provide an understanding of the complexities of the Revolution and its aftermath.