Class War or Race War is more than an anti-thesis of the
master-narrative regarding the Soviet state antisemitism. Kende not
only refutes the originally anti-Communist myth of the systemic
nature of (state) socialism, but tries to re-, and deconstruct the
origins of this myth. With intensive use of historical documents,
memoirs and the related historiography, the book attempts to make
historical sense from the myth it intends to refute. Kende goes
beyond the contemporary perceptions of the "Jewish question" and
antisemitism and with close reading of original documents,
reconstructs the real frontlines of the Soviet society of the
1940s, which were not constructed along identity-political lines.
The book reinvests the long forgotten understanding of social
classes in an allegedly classless and monolithic society. The
spontaneous formations of the actual frontlines in the hinterland,
or on the actual fronts (battlefields, in the Red Army) lacked the
participants’ class consciousness, thus its occurrences in the
form of conflict producing historical records were recorded as acts
of antisemitism. As the book advocates, Jews could have been found
on both sides of the inner frontlines of the Soviet society during,
and right after the WWII. An insightful read for scholars of Soviet
history, that presents a bold and challenging interpretation of the
regime and its flaws - both perceived and real.
General
Imprint: |
Taylor & Francis
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Modern History |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
First published: |
2024 |
Authors: |
Tamás Kende
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
216 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-03-257733-3 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-03-257733-9 |
Barcode: |
9781032577333 |
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