Stalinism and the dialectics of Saturn : anticommunism, Marxism, and the fate of the Soviet Union /

"This study examines the debates, history, and theory surrounding Stalinism and the Soviet Union. The author argues that the growing popularity of socialism in the United States calls for a renewed look at the legacy of Stalinism"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Greene, Doug Enaa (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2023]
Subjects:	Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1936-1953. Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1917-1936. Communism > Soviet Union > History. Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953 > Influence. Political culture > Soviet Union > History. Socialism > United States > History. Stalin, Joseph, > 1878-1953. Communism. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Political culture. Politics and government. Socialism. Soviet Union. United States. 1917-1953 History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Saturn and her children
1. Stalinism as a bolt from the blue: the Jewish-Bolshevik contagion
2. Stalinism as a bolt from the blue: Big Brother
3. Stalinism as a bolt from the blue: the counter-Enlightenment project
4. Stalinism as historical necessity: Rubashov and terror
5. Stalinism as historical necessity: the ambiguities of Western Marxism
6. From Proletarian Jacobinism to Stalinist Thermidor
7. Stalinism as Thermidor: Western retreat and Eastern reconciliation
8. Escaping fate
Appendix: Domenico Losurdo: a critical assessment of "Stalin: the history and critique of a black legend".