Pollock, Ethan. Stalin and the Soviet science wars

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Includes bibliographical references and index Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, MPublishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet

Contents

Introduction: Stalin, science, and politics after the Second World War -- "A Marxist should not write like that": the crisis on the "philosophical front" -- "The future belongs to Michurin": the agricultural academy session of 1948 -- "We can always shoot them later": physics, politics, and the atomic bomb -- "Battles of opinions and open criticism": Stalin intervenes in linguistics -- "Attack the detractors with certainty of total success": the Pavlov session of 1950 -- "Everyone is waiting": Stalin and the economic problems of communism -- Conclusion: science and the fate of the Stalinist system

Extended title: Stalin and the Soviet science wars Ethan Pollock

Communism and science Science and state Soviet Union Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953

author: Pollock, Ethan, 1969-
subject: Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
associated with: American Council of Learned Societies