Science In Chains: The Crisis Of Science And Scientists In The Soviet Union Today
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At the height of the Cold War, Soviet science was simultaneously celebrated as a triumph of socialist ideology and strangled by the very system that claimed to champion it — Science in Chains is a damning exposé of that contradiction. Mark Popovsky, himself a former Soviet science journalist and insider, chronicles the systematic suppression of independent thought, the persecution of brilliant minds, and the ideological stranglehold that the Soviet state imposed on its scientific community throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews, and a wealth of suppressed documentation, Popovsky details how Lysenkoist pseudoscience, KGB surveillance, and Party dogma conspired to cripple an entire intellectual class, forcing researchers to choose between conformity and destruction. Translated from the Russian by Paul S. Falla, the work carries the urgent authority of a witness testimony, presenting a portrait of a society at war with its own capacity for reason. Popovsky's prose is precise and unflinching, building an indictment brick by brick until the full architecture of Soviet scientific repression stands exposed. For readers of Cold War history, the sociology of knowledge, or the politics of totalitarianism, this volume raises a question that resonates far beyond its historical moment: what becomes of truth when the state decides what is permissible to discover?
Author: Mark Popovsky
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Collins and Harvill Press
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the height of the Cold War, Soviet science was simultaneously celebrated as a triumph of socialist ideology and strangled by the very system that claimed to champion it — Science in Chains is a damning exposé of that contradiction. Mark Popovsky, himself a former Soviet science journalist and insider, chronicles the systematic suppression of independent thought, the persecution of brilliant minds, and the ideological stranglehold that the Soviet state imposed on its scientific community throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews, and a wealth of suppressed documentation, Popovsky details how Lysenkoist pseudoscience, KGB surveillance, and Party dogma conspired to cripple an entire intellectual class, forcing researchers to choose between conformity and destruction. Translated from the Russian by Paul S. Falla, the work carries the urgent authority of a witness testimony, presenting a portrait of a society at war with its own capacity for reason. Popovsky's prose is precise and unflinching, building an indictment brick by brick until the full architecture of Soviet scientific repression stands exposed. For readers of Cold War history, the sociology of knowledge, or the politics of totalitarianism, this volume raises a question that resonates far beyond its historical moment: what becomes of truth when the state decides what is permissible to discover?