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Heralds of Revolution: Russian Students and the Mythologies of Radicalism by Susan K. Morrissey

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Heralds of Revolution: Russian Students and the Mythologies of Radicalism by Susan K. Morrissey

Heralds of Revolution: Russian Students and the Mythologies of Radicalism by Susan K. Morrissey
English | Feb 5, 1998 | ISBN: 0195115449 | 304 Pages | PDF | 19 MB

Reading Russian revolutionary culture through its stories, author Susan Morrissey examines how the quest for consciousness evolved into a master-plot of student radicalism. Based on interdisciplinary sources and extensive research in Russian archives, this study throws new light on the dynamics of political and cultural change in late Imperial Russia and poses provocative questions about both the pre-revolutionary antecedents and the founding myths of the Soviet Union. This work will appeal to historians of Russia and the Soviet Union, as well as specialists in Slavic culture and literature.

Reviews:
"Morrissey tells this story…with great intelligence and sophistication. Her admirable effort is the most successful yet in the Russian and Soviet field at examining very carefully, and on the basis of extensive archival research and rich memoir literature, the inextricable links between discourse and consciousness, and the ways in which discourse itself structures social behavior as well as social meaning… Heralds of Revolution is essential reading for historians in and outside the Russian field."–Historian

"…the book…will be useful to those studying corporate identities of various social groups as well as those specifically interested in the Russian studenchestvo, intelligentsia and their role in the Russian revolution."–The Russian Review

"Morrissey makes good use of memoirs of student life. She ably demonstrates concurrences of the mythical and the real. Her style is crisp and lucid and a pleasure to read."–Journal of Modern History