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Author:   Benjamin Tromly (University of Puget Sound, Washington)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9781107031104

ISBN 10:   1107031109
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   19 December 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Universities and Postwar Soviet Society: 1. Youth and timelessness in the Palaces of Science; 2. University learning in the Soviet social imagination; Part II. The Emergence of Stalin's Intelligentsia, 1948–56: 3. Making intellectuals cosmopolitan: Stalinist patriotism, anti-Semitism and the intelligentsia; 4. Stalinist science and the fracturing of academic authority; 5. De-Stalinization and intellectual salvationism; Part III. Revolutionary Dreaming and Intelligentsia Divisions, 1957–64: 6. Back to the future: populist social engineering under Khrushchev; 7. Uncertain terrain: the intelligentsia and the thaw; 8. Higher learning and the nationalization of the thaw; Conclusion: intellectuals and Soviet socialism; Note on oral history interviews; Bibliography.

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'... [a] wide-ranging and clearly argued work ... Making the Soviet Intelligentsia raises important questions about how we understand the link between state policy and the 'life of the mind'.' Claire Shaw, The Russian Review 'This welcome study effectively shows the ambiguity of learning and its practitioners ... Recommended.' P. W. Knoll, Choice

'... [a] wide-ranging and clearly argued work ... a welcome new perspective ...' Claire Shaw, The Russian Review

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Benjamin Tromly is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Puget Sound. His research focuses on higher learning in the Soviet Union after the Second World War.

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