Useful past. History in Stalin's USSR
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Control over the past during Stalin's time was one of the most important ways of manipulating public consciousness and mobilizing the masses. By using historical allegories as an ideological tool, propaganda explained the current political situation to the viewer or reader and created a so-called useful past - an inexhaustible resource for maintaining the leader's power. Vitaly Tikhonov's book explores the complex relationships that were established between the Stalinist regime and historical science. The author tells how Stalin read historical works, perceived history, intervened in the production of scientific knowledge, and also about the role of historical anniversaries and the cult of historical heroes in ideology. Significant attention in the work is devoted to professional scientists who found themselves hostages of the era - their place and role in historical politics. The book aims to answer questions about how this peculiar "historiographical power vertical" was structured and how ideological campaigns and discussions changed the conceptual image of Soviet historical science. Vitaly Tikhonov is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, a leading researcher at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a specialist in the social history of science, institutional history, and the history of historical science of the 20th century.
Author:
Author:Tikhonov Vitaly
Cover:
Cover:hardcover
Category:
- Category:History & Geography
- Category:Politics & Social Science
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Dimensions:
Dimensions:21x14x2 cm
Series:
Series:What is Russia
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4448-2150-3
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