Pioneers of Russian Social Thought: Studies of Non-Marxian Formation in Nineteenth-Century Russia and of Its Partial Revival in the Soviet Union
Lisbon: Oxford University Press, 1951. Hardcover. Octavo. VI, [4], 307, [1]pp. Original decorative dust-jacket over green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Frontispiece. This remarkable study concentrates on a number of representative Russian personalities, ranging from the ultra-conservative Chaadayev and the pagan Byzantine Leontiev to the violently radical Chernyshevsky and the political sceptic Herzen, whose outlook and activities, despite their obvious divergence to right and left, reveal many striking points of similarity. This book contains 9 b/w photographic reproductions of portraits. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #31562
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