The Apogee of Soviet Political Romanticism: Projects for Moral Renewal in EarlyPerestroika(1985–1989)

Autor: Guillaume Sauvé
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Europe-Asia Studies. 70:1407-1432
ISSN: 1465-3427
0966-8136
DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2018.1519525
Popis: This article analyses the early reforms of perestroika (1985–1989) that aimed to overcome the perceived moral crisis of Soviet society. A close study of the public debates of that time reveals three conflicting perspectives on morality. By situating these debates in the wider context of Soviet and Western intellectual history, this article argues that the Soviet liberal project was part of a broader phenomenon, namely, the apogee of political Romanticism in the USSR. This conclusion, in turn, sheds light on the specificities of the Soviet liberal moral project, which inspired Gorbachev’s reform strategy from 1987 onwards.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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