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- Title
From Priests to Pathfinders: The Fate of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Russia after World War II.
- Authors
KHARKHORDIN, OLEG
- Abstract
The article provides an overview of the history of humanities studies in post-World War II higher education in the Soviet Union, focusing particularly on the field of history studies since the Russian system of education had no equivalent to humanities during this period. It is part of a roundtable of articles on the international state of the humanities. Topics include Marxist history, the 1973 novel "The Gulag Archipelago" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and the influence of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.
- Publication
American Historical Review, 2015, Vol 120, Issue 4, p1283
- ISSN
0002-8762
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1093/ahr/120.4.1283