The Soviet Political Mind: Stalinism And Post-Stalin Change
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At the crossroads of ideology and power, The Soviet Political Mind: Stalinism and Post-Stalin Change stands as a landmark study of the psychological and political forces that shaped the Soviet Union's most turbulent decades. Robert C. Tucker, one of America's foremost scholars of Soviet politics and Marxist thought, chronicles the inner workings of a totalitarian system — from the iron grip of Stalinism to the uncertain thaw of the post-Stalin era — arguing that the Soviet political character cannot be understood without reckoning with the pathological dimensions of its leadership and institutional culture. This revised edition presents Tucker's incisive essays with renewed urgency, illuminating how personality, ideology, and political structure intertwined to produce a uniquely Soviet mode of governance. Tucker's prose is precise and authoritative, drawing on deep archival knowledge and firsthand observation to dissect the mechanisms of Soviet rule with surgical clarity. A foundational text in Cold War political science, the work raises questions about the nature of political change under authoritarian regimes that remain startlingly relevant — leaving the reader to wonder whether the mind of the Soviet state was ever truly reformed, or merely reinvented.
Author: Robert C. Tucker
Format: Paperback
Genre: Politics & law
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good.
At the crossroads of ideology and power, The Soviet Political Mind: Stalinism and Post-Stalin Change stands as a landmark study of the psychological and political forces that shaped the Soviet Union's most turbulent decades. Robert C. Tucker, one of America's foremost scholars of Soviet politics and Marxist thought, chronicles the inner workings of a totalitarian system — from the iron grip of Stalinism to the uncertain thaw of the post-Stalin era — arguing that the Soviet political character cannot be understood without reckoning with the pathological dimensions of its leadership and institutional culture. This revised edition presents Tucker's incisive essays with renewed urgency, illuminating how personality, ideology, and political structure intertwined to produce a uniquely Soviet mode of governance. Tucker's prose is precise and authoritative, drawing on deep archival knowledge and firsthand observation to dissect the mechanisms of Soviet rule with surgical clarity. A foundational text in Cold War political science, the work raises questions about the nature of political change under authoritarian regimes that remain startlingly relevant — leaving the reader to wonder whether the mind of the Soviet state was ever truly reformed, or merely reinvented.