{"product_id":"stalinism-9780765804839","title":"Stalinism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the years since Stalin's death, his profound influence upon the historical development of Communism has remained elusive and in need of interpretation. Stalinism, as his system has become known, is a phenomenon which embraced all facets of political and social life. While its effect upon the Soviet Union and other nations today is far less than it was while Stalin lived, it is by no means dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this landmark volume some of the world's foremost scholars of the subject, in a concerted group inquiry, present their interpretations of Stalinism and its influence on all areas of comparative Communist studies from history and politics to economics, sociology, and literary scholarship. The studies contained in this volume are an outgrowth of a conference on Stalinism held in Bellagio, Italy, sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his major contribution to this book, Leszek Kolakowski calls Stalinism a unified state organism facing atom-like individuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction to the Transaction Edition, I. Old and New Approaches, II. Dimensions of Stalinism in Russia, III. Stalinism in Eastern Europe, IV. Stalinism Versus Marxism?, The Contributors, Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018432184663,"sku":"9780765804839","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780765804839.jpg?v=1750776861","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/stalinism-9780765804839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}