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portada Russia/Ussr/Russia: The Drive and Drift of a Superstate
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
384
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
24.4 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm
Weight
0.67 kg.
ISBN
1565841239
ISBN13
9781565841239

Russia/Ussr/Russia: The Drive and Drift of a Superstate

Moshe Lewin (Author) · New Press · Hardcover

Russia/Ussr/Russia: The Drive and Drift of a Superstate - Moshe Lewin

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Synopsis "Russia/Ussr/Russia: The Drive and Drift of a Superstate"

Moshe Lewin's major new book is an original and important work that clarifies the sweeping changes that transformed Russia in the twentieth century from a muzhik country to the urban power we read about today. As in his previous works, Moshe Lewin's extraordinary breadth of knowledge and sympathy allows him to deal with the "grand narrative of cultural transformation" that goes well beyond simple studies of urban growth or industrialization.The Soviet Union, as Lewin reminds us, was a rural country well into the post-World War II era, becoming predominantly urban only in the mid-1960s. The fascinating story that emerges from this book is one of a country that is becoming increasingly more complex even as it retains a "relatively primitive configuration of power."Professor Lewin goes on to show the historical roots of recent change. In the 1920s it was the government that was impatient to change, while society was transforming itself slowly. Recent years have seen a reversal of this situation, where a largely bureaucratic state simply lost its ability to govern a rapidly changing society. Professor Lewin's analysis lays bare the underlying causes behind the present chaos in the former Soviet Union, where a government that barely understands the new forces that have been so dramatically unleashed finds itself totally unable to control them.
Moshe Lewin
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Moshe Lewin (1921–2010) fue un destacado historiador marxista y uno de los principales especialistas en Rusia y la Unión Soviética. Nacido en Vilnius (Lituania) en el seno de una familia judía, huyó de la invasión nazi y se refugió en la Unión Soviética, donde trabajó en fábricas y sirvió en el ejército.Tras la guerra, emigró a Israel y posteriormente a Francia, donde comenzó su carrera académica tardíamente, doctorándose en la Sorbona de París. Fue profesor en la Universidad de Pensilvania (Estados Unidos) y vivió sus últimos años en Francia, colaborando habitualmente con Le Monde Diplomatique.Lewin revolucionó la sovietología occidental al alejarse de la visión reduccionista de la Guerra Fría. Su obra se centró en el análisis estructural de la sociedad, las dinámicas burocráticas y el papel del campesinado soviético, demostrando cómo estas bases sociales condicionaron el desarrollo del régimen.Entre sus libros más influyentes destacan El último combate de Lenin y su obra magna, El siglo soviético, en la que abordó la complejidad, el ascenso y el colapso del sistema soviético.
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