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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820723803321

Autore

Priestland David

Titolo

Stalinism and the politics of mobilization : ideas, power, and terror in inter-war Russia / / David Priestland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-16398-8

9786611163983

0-19-152965-6

1-4294-8990-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (500 p.)

Disciplina

947.084/2

Soggetti

Communism - Soviet Union - History

Soviet Union Politics and government 1917-1936

Soviet Union Politics and government 1936-1953

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [432]-460) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Note on Transliteration and Translation; List of Abbreviations and Glossary; Introduction Ideas and Politics in Bolshevik Russia; 1 Victory and Fragmentation, 1917-1921; 2 The Emergence of Left and Right, 1921-1927; 3 Mobilization and 'Class Struggle', 1928-1930; 4 The Search for Unity and Order, 1930-1935; 5 Mobilization and Terror, 1934-1939; Conclusion: Mobilization and 'Class Struggle' in Communist Politics; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The relationship between ideas and politics in inter-war Russia has long been controversial, and historians have been sharply divided over the influence of Marxism on Stalinist politics. This study presents a reassessment of Bolshevik ideology, and of the ways in which it interacted with other political forces during the period. By analysing the political discourse of the Bolshevik leadership, it shows how differing interpretations of Marxism-Leninism informed contrasting political. and economic strategies. In particular, it traces the emergence of a strategy of mobilization, which was closely