The Lysenko Affair.
Title:
The Lysenko Affair.
Author:
Joravsky, David.
ISBN:
9780226410326
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (474 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Soviet Ideology as a Problem -- 2. A Crisis of Faith in Science -- 3. Harmless Cranks -- Michurin -- Lysenko and Other Peasant Scientists -- 4. Raising Stalin's Hand -- The First Clashes -- Systematic Conflict -- 5. Stalinist Self-Defeat, 1936-1950 -- "Discussion" -- Terror -- The Final "Discussion" -- 6. Self-Conquest, 1950-1965 -- Under Stalin -- Under Khrushchev -- Against Khrushchev -- 7. Academic Issues: Science -- Plant Physiology -- Genetics -- The Autonomy of Scientists -- 8. Academic Issues: Marxism -- Philosophy -- The Human Animal -- 9. The Criterion of Practice -- Potatoes -- Corn -- Land -- 10. Ideologies and Realities -- Appendix A: Repressed Specialists -- Appendix B: For the Kremlinologists -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
Abstract:
The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy. "A standard source both for Soviet specialists and for sociologists of science."-American Journal of Sociology "Joravsky has produced . . . the most detailed and authoritative treatment of Lysenko and his view on genetics."-New York Times Book Review.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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