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Apr 20, 2024
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SOCI 431 - Communism and Intellectuals: From Utopia to DisillusionmentFC SSCI
4 credits
This seminar explores the development of communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe through historiography, literature and film. The main part of the course is devoted to early revolutionary dilemmas, the relationship of intellectuals to the revolution in Soviet Russia and the West, and the rise of Stalinism. With novels by Gladkov, Silone, Koestler, Solzhenitsyn and Milosz, and films by Beaty, Bertolucci, Mikhalkov and Makavejev.
Prerequisites & Notes: Two courses in Sociology or consent of instructor.
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