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The excellent study here reviewed should be required reading not only for those interested in Russian intellectual history, but for everybody who wants to better understand what has been happening to intellectuals in our times. . . . [This] is first and foremost a case study of the social and political roles and attitudes of the nineteenth-century Russian intelligentsia. The author has collected much illuminating data on the social origins of these people, creating a rich sociological context often lacking in other discussions of the same groups. . . . This compact and lucid volume renders a great service to all those seeking to understand the problematic and contradictory social-political roles of intellectuals in recent history. </p> --Paul Hollander, <em>Contemporary Sociology</em></p> Beautifully and skillfully written... a first-rate contribution. Mr. Nahirny brilliantly sketches three different 'formations' of intellectuals. </p> --Daniel Bell, Harvard University</p> Fresh and original, perceptive and intelligent.... [The analysis of] the emergence of the new type of intellectual who put conviction above friendship is quite brilliant.... The kind of book I would gladly assign in my course on Russian Imperial history. </p> --Richard Pipes, Harvard University</p> An exceptional book. The fundamental theme represents a marked inno-vation in the study of the Russian intelligentsia of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. </p> --Edward A. Shils, University of Chicago</p>

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Vladimir C. Nahirny is associate professor of sociology at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He is co-author, with Joshua Fishman, of Language Loyalty in the United States and has published numerous articles on ethnicity.

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