Conscience, Dissent and Reform in Soviet Russia

• Author(s): Philip Boobbyer,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 282
• ISBN_10: 1317571223
  ISBN_13: 9781317571223
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Social Activists , History / General , History / Military / Revolutions & Wars of Independence , History / Russia / General , History / Russia / Soviet Era , Philosophy / Ethics & Moral Philosophy , Political Science / General , Political Science / History & Theory , Self-Help / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Regional Studies ,

Description:...

This book embraces the political, intellectual, social and cultural history of Soviet Russia. Providing a useful perspective of Putin’s Russia, and with a strong historical and religious background, the book:

• looks at the changing features of the Soviet ideology from Lenin to Stalin, and the moral universe of Stalin's time
• explores the history of the moral thinking of the dissident intelligentsia
• examines the moral dimension of Soviet dissent amongst dissidents of both religious and secular persuasions, and includes biographical material
• explores the ethical assumptions of the perestroika era, firstly amongst Communist leaders, and then in the emerging democratic and national forces.