![]() If in the Soviet classroom there was political tension and shortfalls of resources, there was (it is claimed) abolition of corporal punishment (p. Limitations of constitutionalism aside, and with cringeworthy caveats that it excuses Thermidorian misogyny in the reintroduced restrictions on abortion, the sweeping and dramatic historic change in popular practices represent something worthwhile. "All Soviet citizens are, in a sense, civil servants." (p. Such is the familiar central thesis of this book.Īs an historical insider's view, and an insight into at least ostensible and likely in many ways actual functionality of early (20s-30s) Soviet civil society, it is provocative and genuinely inspiring. ![]() ![]() Dictatorship is the temporary safeguard against threats to nascent democracy, which will wither as democracy is able to extend itself ever further. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |