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Revolution of the Mind : Higher Learning among the Bolsheviks, 1918–1929 /

Using archival materials never previously accessible to Western scholars, Michael David-Fox analyzes Bolshevik Party educational and research initiatives in higher learning after 1917. His fresh consideration of the era of the New Economic Policy and cultural politics after the Revolution explains h...

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Main Author: David-Fox, Michael, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
History of Education.
Social Sciences.
Education.
Education, Higher.
Communism and education.
Communism and culture.
Education / History.
Communisme et culture > URSS > Histoire.
Communisme et education > URSS > Histoire.
Enseignement superieur > URSS > Histoire.
Communism and culture > Soviet Union > History.
Communism and education > Soviet Union > History.
Education, Higher > Soviet Union > History.
Soviet Union.
History.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Bolshevik Revolution and the Cultural Front
  • 1. Communist Institutions and Revolutionary Missions in Higher Learning
  • 2. Power and Everyday Life at Sverdlov Communist University
  • 3. Political Culture at the Institute of Red Professors
  • 4. Science, Orthodoxy, and the Quest for Hegemony at the Socialist (Communist) Academy
  • Conclusion: The Great Break in Higher Learning.

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