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A carregar... Stalinist Values: The Cultural Norms of Soviet Modernity, 1917-1941por David L. Hoffmann
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Soviet official culture underwent a dramatic shift in the mid-1930s, when Stalin and his fellow leaders began to promote conventional norms, patriarchal families, tsarist heroes, and Russian literary classics. For Leon Trotsky--and many later commentators--this apparent embrace of bourgeois values marked a betrayal of the October Revolution and a retreat from socialism. In the first book to address these developments fully, David L. Hoffmann argues that, far from reversing direction, the Stalinist leadership remained committed to remaking both individuals and society--and used selected elements of traditional culture to bolster the socialist order. Melding original archival research with new scholarship in the field, Hoffmann describes Soviet cultural and behavioral norms in such areas as leisure activities, social hygiene, family life, and sexuality. He demonstrates that the Soviet state's campaign to effect social improvement by intervening in the lives of its citizens was not unique but echoed the efforts of other European governments, both fascist and liberal, in the interwar period. Indeed, in Europe, America, and Stalin's Russia, governments sought to inculcate many of the same values--from order and efficiency to sobriety and literacy. For Hoffmann, what remains distinctive about the Soviet case is the collectivist orientation of official culture and the degree of coercion the state applied to pursue its goals. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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I should really like this book better, but it seems like it could have been a little more substantive. One gets the impression that it was really written for college undergrads, and that if you've done any serious reading at all about the Soviet Union you might feel vaguely like you're being talked down to. I also have the thought that if you're going to do a somewhat comparative analysis go truly comparative, and then examine the Soviet experience not just in terms of the liberal capitalist experience, but also in regards to the fascist experience. ( )