Sergei Prozorov is Professor of Political Science at the University of Jyväskylä. He is the author of books including The Biopolitics of Stalinism (2016) and Agamben and Politics (2014), also published by Edinburgh University Press. He has published over 30 articles in major international journals. His research interests include political philosophy, theories of democracy and t...(展开全部)

The first book to investigate Soviet socialism from a biopolitical perspective Western theories of biopolitics focus on its liberal and fascist rationalities. In opposition to this, Stalinism was oriented more towards transforming life in accordance with the communist ideal, and less towards protecting it. Sergei Prozorov reconstructs this rationality in the early Stalinist pro...(展开全部)

In order to understand today's Russia and former Soviet republics, it is vital to consider their socialist past. Caroline Humphrey, one of anthropology's most highly regarded thinkers on a number of topics including consumption, identity, and ritual, is the ideal guide to the intricacies of post-Soviet culture. The Unmaking of Soviet Life brings together ten of Humphrey's best ...(展开全部)

This book, first published in 2008, is a fascinating account of frontier Stalinism told through the previously unexplored history of a campaign to attract female settlers to the socialist frontiers of the Soviet Far East in the late 1930s. Elena Shulman reveals the instrumental part these migrants played in the extension of Soviet state power and cultural dominion in the region...(展开全部)

This book, first published in 2008, is a fascinating account of frontier Stalinism told through the previously unexplored history of a campaign to attract female settlers to the socialist frontiers of the Soviet Far East in the late 1930s. Elena Shulman reveals the instrumental part these migrants played in the extension of Soviet state power and cultural dominion in the region...(展开全部)

Here is a pioneeering account of everyday life under Stalin, written by one of our foremost authorities on modern Russain history. Focusing on urban areas in the 1930's, Sheila Fitzpatrick shows that with the adoption of collectivisation and the first Five Year Plan, everyday life was utterly transformed. with the abolition of the market, shortages of food, clothing, and all ki...(展开全部)

How are peoples' ideas about languages, ways of speaking and expressive styles shaped by their social positions and values? How is difference, in language and in social life, made - and unmade? How and why are some differences persuasive as the basis for action, while other differences are ignored or erased? Written by two recognised authorities on language and culture, this bo...(展开全部)

厄内斯特·曼德尔，1923年生于比利时，于1995年去世。生前曾任比利时自由大学教授。1945年以来，他一直是托派第四国际的主要领导人。著述宏丰，主要有：《马克思主义经济理论》，《晚近资本主义》，《资本主义发展的长波——马克思主义的解释》，《权力与货币——马克思主义的官僚理论》等。他的著作被译成30多种文字出版。曼德尔被认为是20世纪下半叶国际上最重要的马克思主义经济学家和政治学家之一。

埃内斯特·曼德尔这部新书与其它研究欧洲共产主义的书有所不同。此书写法上继承了托洛茨基辩论传统，所涉及的范围大大超出了对近期前景的展望。曼德尔探讨了漫长的历史过程，即从过去一度是第三国际的战斗支部转变为今天主张“历史性妥协”和“人民联盟”的立宪制这一过程。接着他论证，现代欧洲共产主义的通向社会主义的民族道路，是苏联“社会主义在一国胜利的苦果”。曼德尔这本书对西班牙的圣地亚哥·卡里略的观点、对意共在意大利的经济政策以及法共关于国家的理论，提出了尖锐的和有理有据的批判。但是在论述俄国对卡里略的反应、苏联共产党对西方共产党的组织立场以及在东德出现的同情欧洲共产主义的主要的持不同政见的倾向时，本书还是将西方党的这些发展变化与整个欧洲政治联系起来看的。《从斯大林主义到欧洲共产主义》一书是马克思主义左派第一次对西方共产主义新战略进行的系统的和全面的批判。这本书可以...(展开全部)