Remaking Russia: Voices from within / Edition 1

by Heyward Isham, Richard Pipes

Overview

In the words of George F. Kennan, Russia remains a region where "the conflicts of outlook and persuasion" have been as violent as any seen in our century. As crisis follows crisis, Western observers find the tragic complexities and cruel paradoxes of post-totalitarian Russia no less mystifying than those they encountered during the Soviet era. Looking beyond the horizon and cutting beneath the headlines, in Remaking Russia eighteen distinguished essayists of diverse backgrounds offer original insights on the three central questions Russians are now debating among themselves: Who are we? Where are we going? How do we get there? Their perspectives will retain their long-term relevance whatever the outcome of Kremlin power struggles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781563244360
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1380L (what's this?)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction, Richard Pipes; Part 1 Who are We; Chapter 1 By Candlelight, Near My Beloved, Anatolii Pristavkin; Chapter 2 In My Beginning Is My End, Vyacheslav Ivanov; Chapter 3 Who Are We?, Fazil Iskander; Chapter 4 I Object, Dmitrii Likhachev; Part 2 Where Are We Going?; Chapter 5 New Dangers, New Hopes, Daniil Granin; Chapter 6 Russia’s Silver Age, Yesterday and Today, Konstantin Azadovskii; Chapter 7 “But Where Is the Tsar?”, Ales Adamovich; Chapter 8 The Minefield of Russian Constitutionalism, Leonid Batkin; Chapter 9 Modern Russia and the Ghost of Weimar Germany, Galina Starovoitova; Chapter 10 The Sign of Our Times, Denis Dragunskii; Part 3 How do we get There?; Chapter 11 The First Phase of Economic Reform in Russia, Nikolai Shmelev; Chapter 12 Separatism and Federalism in Contemporary Russia, Emil Payin; Chapter 13 Fitting the Punishment to the Crime, and Politics Too, Arkadii Vaksberg; Chapter 14 The Presidency in Russia, Alexander M. Yakovlev; Chapter 15 The Religious and Spiritual Factor in the Making of a New Russia, Vitalii Borovoi; Chapter 16 Reviving the Humanities in Modern Russia, Iurii Afanas’ev; epilogue Epilogue Of Easter Eggs, Black Holes, and Heroes, Andrei Voznesenskii;

Editorial Reviews

Eighteen Russian intellectuals, distinctive in age, background, and accomplishments, share their observations about the future of their country, addressing three central questions that Russians are now debating among themselves: Who are we? Where are we going? How do we get there? Translated from the Russian, with an introduction by Richard Pipes. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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