{"product_id":"what-was-soviet-ideology-a-theoretical-inquiry","title":"What Was Soviet Ideology? A Theoretical Inquiry","description":"\u003cspan style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-dedbd7, #d1cdc7);' data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"\u003eBecause the Soviet Union loudly proclaimed to be an ideological state, its scholars have rarely scrutinized ideology as a concept. Instead, they have treated it as a self-evident fact and proceeded to deliberate the importance of the Marxist-Leninist creed in social life or political decision-making. In the context of the Cold War, such theoretical neglect was exacerbated by political investments that often outweighed-and deformed-intellectual priorities. This has left us today with a notion that is both worn out and opaque, over-used but under-thought. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-dedbd7, #d1cdc7); font-style: italic !important;' data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"\u003eWhat Was Soviet Ideology? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-dedbd7, #d1cdc7);' data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"\u003ePetre Petrov stakes a new theoretical ground beyond prevalent misconceptions, ready-made definitions, and popular stereotypes. Drawing on continental philosophy and critical theory, this book presents ideology as a dynamic form with its own inner dialectic, in which the Soviet ideological regime figures as an original moment, a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-dedbd7, #d1cdc7); font-style: italic !important;' data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"\u003esui generis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style='box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \"Amazon Ember\", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text-dedbd7, #d1cdc7);' data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"\u003e phenomenon. Petrov argues that Soviet ideology should be seen not as a member of an existing species but as a qualitative transformation of the species, ideology, and itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e What Was Soviet Ideology?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Petre Petrov\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46653925163164,"sku":"BOOK-11","price":169.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/3835\/3820\/files\/57_2c286022-2620-4841-a9a4-149f0100f85d.jpg?v=1775727991","url":"https:\/\/exboxau.com.au\/products\/what-was-soviet-ideology-a-theoretical-inquiry","provider":"EXBOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}