CIAO DATE: 01/01

Russia and the Idea of the West:
Gorbachev, Intellectuals, and the End of the Cold War

Robert D. English

Columbia University Press

2000

 

Table of Contents

Preface: An Intellectual History (PDF format, 14 pages, 48 kbs)

Introduction: Intellectuals, Ideas, and Identity in the Sources of International Change (PDF format, 16 pages, 64 kbs)

1. The Origins and Nature of Old Thinking (PDF format, 32 pages, 116 kbs)

2. Leaders, Society, and Intellectuals During the Thaw (PDF format, 32 pages, 112 kbs)

3. Intellectuals and the World: From the Secret Speech to the Prague Spring (PDF format, 36 pages, 120 kbs)

4. The Dynamics of New Thinking in the Era of Stagnation (PDF format, 42 pages, 140 kbs)

5. Advance and Retreat: New Thinking in the Time of Crisis and Transition (PDF format, 34 pages, 124 kbs)

6. The New Thinking Comes to Power (PDF format, 36 pages, 124 kbs)

7. Conclusion: Reflections on the Origins and Fate of New Thinking (PDF format, 12 pages, 52 kbs)

Notes (PDF format, 104 pages, 416 kbs)

Bibliography (PDF format, 30 pages, 128 kbs)

Index (PDF format, 28 pages, 128 kbs)