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Bukovsky vs. the Soviet State

Bukovsky vs. the Soviet State REVIEW ARTICLE/CRITIQUE EXHAUSTIF Irina Kirk (Storrs, Ct., U.S.A.) Bukovsky vs. the Soviet State* . This is me, calling to truth and revolt willing no more to serve, I break your black tathers . woven of lies. Manifesto of Man Yuri Galanskov In 1863 the "manifesto of future Socialist Russia," was Nikolai Cherny- shevskii's novel What is to be Done? Vladimir Lenin admired it so much that he borrowed the title for one of his own treatises. In today's Russia, What is to be Done? is still a required text for every schoolchild. In this book Cherny- shevskii asserted that materialism and the exact sciences should be the only basis for the analysis of man's inner nature. Thus, human will is only another dissectable fact linked by causal connections to other natural phenomena. Chemyshevskii believed that human advantages can be calculated in advance, and he deduced a theory of "rational egotism," the essence of which is that once a human being is made to understand that doing good is to his own, per- sonal benefit, he will cease to do evil. Chernyshevskii's leading image-the embodiment of future Socialist Russia-is the Crystal Castle. What is to be Done? became the center http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review Brill

Bukovsky vs. the Soviet State

Kirk, Irina
The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review , Volume 6 (1): 5 – Jan 1, 1979
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REVIEW ARTICLE/CRITIQUE EXHAUSTIF Irina Kirk (Storrs, Ct., U.S.A.) Bukovsky vs. the Soviet State* . This is me, calling to truth and revolt willing no more to serve, I break your black tathers . woven of lies. Manifesto of Man Yuri Galanskov In 1863 the "manifesto of future Socialist Russia," was Nikolai Cherny- shevskii's novel What is to be Done? Vladimir Lenin admired it so much that he borrowed the title for one of his own treatises. In today's Russia, What is to be Done? is still a required text for every schoolchild. In this book Cherny- shevskii asserted that materialism and the exact sciences should be the only basis for the analysis of man's inner nature. Thus, human will is only another dissectable fact linked by causal connections to other natural phenomena. Chemyshevskii believed that human advantages can be calculated in advance, and he deduced a theory of "rational egotism," the essence of which is that once a human being is made to understand that doing good is to his own, per- sonal benefit, he will cease to do evil. Chernyshevskii's leading image-the embodiment of future Socialist Russia-is the Crystal Castle. What is to be Done? became the center

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Published: Jan 1, 1979

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