Assault on Ideology: Aleksandr Solzhyenitsyn's [sic] Political ThoughtIn this new paperback edition of Assault on Ideology: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Political Thought author James F. Pontuso showcases the titanic thought that understood Marxism to be a vain and ultimately merciless effort to fulfill the Enlightenment dream of fully conquering and exploiting nature in order to establish a perfect and just society on earth. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Chronicle of Terror | 9 |
Solzhenitsyns Stalin | 29 |
Solzhenitsyns Lenin | 46 |
Solzhenitsyns on Marx | 67 |
The Consequences of Marxism in the Soviet Union and Elsewhere | 124 |
Solzhenitsyn on the West | 139 |
On a Revival of the Spirit | 178 |
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About the Author | |
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