Conscience Dissent and Reform in Soviet Russia

<p>This book embraces the political intellectual social and cultural history of Soviet Russia. Providing a useful perspective of Putin’s Russia and with a strong historical and religious background the book: </p><ul> <li>looks at the changing features of the Soviet ideology from Lenin to Stalin and the moral universe of Stalin's time</li> <li>explores the history of the moral thinking of the dissident intelligentsia</li> <li>examines the moral dimension of Soviet dissent amongst dissidents of both religious and secular persuasions and includes biographical material </li> <li>explores the ethical assumptions of the perestroika era firstly amongst Communist leaders and then in the emerging democratic and national forces.</li> </ul>