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Record Nr.

UNISA996248135603316

Titolo

From darkness to light : class, consciousness, and salvation in revolutionary Russia / / Igal Halfin [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pa., : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000

ISBN

082294104X

0822957043

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 474 pages.) : illustrations

Collana

Pitt series in Russian and East European studies.

Soggetti

History - Philosophy

Philosophy, Marxist - Russia

Philosophy, Marxist - Soviet Union

Intellectuals - Russia

Intellectuals - Soviet Union

Proletariat

Soviet Union History 1917-1936 Historiography

Soviet Union History 1917-1936 Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Marxism as eschatology -- The janus-faced messiah -- The "intelligentsia": vicissitudes of the notion -- The making of the new intelligentsia -- Classes made and unmade -- Proletarianization contested.

Sommario/riassunto

In this interdisciplinary and controversial work, Igal Halfin takes an original and provocative stance on Marxist theory, and attempts to break down the divisions between history, philosophy, and literary theory.--