Cantitate/Preț
Produs

The Soviet Mind: Russian Culture under Communism: A Brookings Classic

Autor Henry Hardy, Isaiah Berlin Cuvânt înainte de Strobe Talbott
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 aug 2016
With a revised foreword by Brookings President Strobe Talbott and a new introduction by Berlin’s editor, Henry Hardy.

George Kennan, the architect of US policy toward the Soviet Union, called Isaiah Berlin “the patron saint among the commentators of the Russian scene.” In The Soviet Mind, Berlin proves himself fully worthy of that accolade. Although the essays in this book were originally written to explore the tensions between Soviet communism and Russian culture, the thinking about the Russian mind that emerges is as relevant today under Putin’s post-communist Russia as it was when this book first appeared more than a decade ago.

This Brookings Classic brings together Berlin’s writings about the Soviet Union. Among the highlights are accounts of Berlin’s meetings with the Russian writers in the aftermath of the war; a celebrated memorandum he wrote for the British Foreign Office in 1945 about the state of the arts under Stalin; Berlin’s account of Stalin’s manipulative “artificial dialectic”; portraits of Pasternak and poet Osip Mandel'shtam; Berlin’s survey of Russian culture based on a visit in 1956; and a postscript reflecting on the fall of the Berlin Wall and other events in 1989.

Henry Hardy prepared the essays for publication; his introductory discussions describe their history. In his foreword, revised for this new edition, Brookings’s Strobe Talbott, a long-time expert on Russia and the Soviet Union, relates the essays to Berlin’s other work.

The essays and other pieces in The Soviet Mind—which includes a new essay, “Marxist versus Non-Marxist Ideas in Soviet Policy”, and a summary of a talk on communism—represent Berlin at his most brilliant, and are invaluable for policy-makers, students and anyone interested in Russian politics and thought—past, present and future.
Citește tot Restrânge

Din seria A Brookings Classic

Preț: 22851 lei

Nou

Puncte Express: 343

Preț estimativ în valută:
4374 4546$ 3623£

Carte tipărită la comandă

Livrare economică 05-19 februarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780815728870
ISBN-10: 0815728875
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Brookings Institution Press
Colecția Brookings Institution Press
Seria A Brookings Classic


Textul de pe ultima copertă

George Kennan, the architect of US policy toward the Soviet Union, called
Isaiah Berlin “a patron saint among the commentators on the Russian scene.” In The Soviet Mind, Berlin proves himself worthy of that accolade. Although the essays in this book were originally written to explore tensions between Soviet Communism and Russian culture, the thinking about the Russian mind that emerges is as relevant today under Putin in post-Communist Russia as it was when this book first appeared more than a decade ago.

Berlin’s editor, Henry Hardy, prepared the essays for original publication as a compilation in 2004, explaining their original contexts in detail. For this new Brookings Classic edition he has added a previously unpublished talk—“Marxist versus Non-Marxist Ideas in Soviet Policy”—and a summary of a speech on Communism, once again providing historical background. The essays in The Soviet Mind show Berlin at his most brilliant and are invaluable for policymakers, students and anyone interested in Russian politics and thought—past, present and future.

Notă biografică

By Henry Hardy and Isaiah Berlin - Foreword by Strobe Talbott