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In this unprecedented work on the status and role of intellectuals in Soviet political life, a former Soviet sociologist maps out the delicate, often paradoxical, ties between the political regime and the creative thinkers who play a major part in the movement toward modernization. Beginning with Stalin, Vladimir Shlapentokh explores the mutual need and antagonism that have existed between political leaders and intellectuals. What emerges is a fascinating portrayal of the Soviet intellectual network since the 1950s, which touches on such topics as the role of literature and film in political opposition, levels of opposition (open, legal, and private), and the spread of paranoia as fueled by the KGB. Throughout he shows how the intellectual communityusually a cohesive, liberal grouphas fared under Khrushchev's cautious tolerance, Brezhnev's repressions, and now Gorbachev's Glasnost.Shlapentokh maintains, however, that under Glasnost freer speech has revealed a more pronounced divergence between liberal and conservative thinkers, and has allowed for open conservative opposition to the reformatory measures of Gorbachev and the liberals. He argues that one of the strongest checks on reform is the growing presence of Russophilism--a movement supporting Russian nationalism and Stalin's concept of socialism--among the political elite and the masses. Although the role of the liberal intellectuals in the late 1980s was less prominent than it was in the 1960s, Shlapentokh asserts that they remain the major agent of modernization in the Soviet Union, as well as in other socialist countries.Originally published in 1990.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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A côté des noms de Soljenitsyne et de Pasternak, celui de Mandelstam est de ceux qui évoquent la résistance de l'esprit contre le terrorisme stalinien. C'est l'air de la liberté qu'on respire dans ce livre étouffant dont le manuscrit, rédigé sans doute en 1964, est parvenu clandestinement aux Etats-Unis sous le simple titre de "Souvenirs". Les souvenirs commencent en 1934, lors de la première arrestation d'Ossip Mandelstam, et évoquent ses trois années d'exil à Voronej. Ils s'achèvent avec la mort du poète, dans un wagon de déportation en Sibérie, un jour incertain de 1938. Mais, à l'intérieur de ce cadre, Nadejda Mandelstam, sans jamais parler d'elle-même, évoque de la façon la plus vivante toute une génération intellectuelle et politique, de Boukharine à Akhmatova, de Pasternak à Chklovski , et sa rapide réduction au silence dans les années 1920-1930. A ce titre, cet ouvrage ne constitue pas seulement le commentaire le plus autorisé sur les années les plus dramatiques et les plus fécondes de celui qui est unanimement considéré comme le plus grand poète russe du XXe siècle, mais un témoignage exceptionnel sur l'asphyxie de la culture russe qui a accompagné la prise de pouvoir par Staline. La sincérité de l'accent, sa simplicité tragique, sa dignité, son humour donnent son plein sens au prénom dont l'auteur avait fait sa devise : Nadejda signifie en russe "espérance".

Communism and intellectuals --- Poets, Russian --- Communisme et intellectuels --- Poètes russes --- Biography --- Biographies --- Mandel'shtam, Osip, --- Mandel'shtam, Nadezhda, --- Soviet Union --- URSS --- Intellectual life --- Vie intellectuelle --- Mandelshtam, Osip, --- Politics and government --- Poètes russes --- Mandelʹshtam, Osip, --- Mandelʹshtam, Nadezhda, --- Mandelshtam, Osip, - 1891-1938 --- Soviet Union - Politics and government - 1917-1936 --- Soviet Union - Intellectual life

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Dissenters --- Civil rights --- Political prisoners --- Amal'rik, Andrej, --- Soviet Union --- Intellectual life --- #SBIB:321H60 --- Westerse politieke en sociale theorieën vanaf de 19e eeuw: socialisme, marxisme, communisme, anarchisme --- Dissenters - Soviet Union --- Civil rights - Soviet Union --- Political prisoners - Soviet Union - Personal narratives --- Amal'rik, Andrej, - 1938-1980 --- Soviet Union - Intellectual life - 1970-1991

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