Western Intellectuals and the Soviet Union, 1920-40

From Red Square to the Left Bank

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av Ludmila Stern, Australia) Stern, Ludmila (University of New South Wales

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Despite the appalling record of the Soviet Union on human rights questions, many western intellectuals with otherwise impeccable liberal credentials were strong supporters the Soviet Union in the interwar period. This book explores how this seemingly impossible situation came about. Focusing in particular on the work of various official and semi-official bodies, including Comintern, the International Association of Revolutionary Writers, the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and the Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers' Union, this book shows how cultural propaganda was always a high priority for the Soviet Union, and how successful this cultural propaganda was in seducing so many Western thinkers.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2009-05-12
Mått156 x 234 x 22 mm
Vikt520 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies
Antal sidor270
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415545853

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1. The Soviet Myth and Western Intellectuals: From Attraction to Action 2. Comintern – The Origins of Soviet Cultural Propaganda 3. MORP – Propaganda through Coercion 4. MORP – The Closing Years 5. Laying the Foundations of Relations with Western Intellectuals: VOKS in the 1920s 6. Manufacturing Support: VOKS in the 1930s 7. VOKS and the ‘Famous Foreigners’ 8. The Bond of Friendship: Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers’ Union and French Writers

"It is no secret that a large number of distunguished Western intellectuals used to admire the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, but far less is known about the specific Soviet policies and organizations designed to nurture these attitudes. One major tool was the meticulously designed conducted tour. It is the major objective of Ludmila Stern's original and well-researched study to establish and document precisely the Soviet contribution to the persuasion of Western intellectuals...This informative volume deserves to be widely read and pondered."--Paul Hollander, American Historial Review, October 2007'This book brings to light a hitherto neglected aspect of Soviet policy. It is required reading for scholars interested in Soviet myth-creation' - Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal Fordham University, Russian Review, 2008