Science and the Soviet Social Order

Published by Harvard University Press 1990

Science and the Soviet Social Order

Edited by: Loren R. Graham

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674592568

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Loren Graham is Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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An excellent guide to the 20-Century Soviet Union because of the special role that science has played in the society.

A very fresh and innovative analysis of the interaction between science and the political system.

It is a testament to Loren R. Graham's expertise in Soviet science and technology, and a measure of the enormous task he has set himself, that in Science and the Soviet Social Order--the first book to undertake both a comprehensive history of the subject and an analysis of the ways in which science and technology have interacted with Soviet culture at large--he has chosen to confine himself to an introductory overview and leave commentary on particular fields to scholars who specialize in them. The essays that result--the fruit of a four-year-long colloquy--offer in prodigious and fascinating detail a social history of Soviet genetics, ecology, nuclear physics, space, and communications and computer science.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction: The Impact of Science and Technology on Soviet Politics and Society Loren R. Graham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. Communications and Computers
1. New Communications Technologies and Civil Society S. Frederick Starr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2. Information Technologies and the Citizen: Toward a “Soviet-Style Information Society”? Seymour Goodman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
PART TWO. Biology
3. Prometheus Rechained: Ecology and Conservation Douglas R. Weiner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4. The Soviet Nature-Nurture Debate Mark B. Adams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	94
PART THREE. Engineering and Big Technology
5. Engineers: The Rise and Decline of a Social Myth Harley Balzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
6. Rockets, Reactors, and Soviet Culture Paul R. Josephson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
PART FOUR. Philosophy of Science and Technology
7. Biomedical Ethics Richard Т. De George Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
8. Fact, Value, and Science Bruce J. Allyn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
PART FIVE. Literature and Art
9. The Changing Image of Science and Technology in Soviet Literature Katerina Clark Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
10. World Outlook and Inner Fears in Soviet Science Fiction Richard Stites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	299
11. Bridging the Two Cultures: The Emergence of Scientific Prose Mark Kuchment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
12. The Response to Science and Technology in the Visual Arts Peter Nisbet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
Notes Contributors Index
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	429
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Reprint 2014
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 443
Illustrations
- Other: Illustrated
Keywords: Science -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union.; Technology -- Social aspects -- Soviet Union.; SCIENCE / General; SCIENCE / History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674592568

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1990
ISBN: 9780674592551