The author, a former Soviet sociologist, describes the ties between
the political regime and the intellectuals of that state. Beginning
with the end of Stalin's rule, he explores what he sees as the
mutual co-operation and antagonism that has existed between
political leaders and intellectuals. The book examines such topics
as the role of literature and film in political opposition, and the
attempts by the KGB to sow the seeds of mental disturbance among
the opponents of the state. The book ends with an analysis of
glasnost which, it claims, has revealed a divergence of opinion
among Soviet intellectuals, which their united opposition to the
more oppressive regimes had somewhat concealed.
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