Khrushchev remembered

On the theory of Soviet statehood

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11601290
AutoresGeorge Brinkley (University of Notre Dame, autor de correspondencia), George A Brinkley
Año1973
Volumen24
Número3
Páginas387-401
Fecha de publicación1973-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSoviet Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0038-5859
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09668137308410871
OpenAlexW2062743245
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas12

KHRUSHCHEV'S innovative energy was one of the outstanding features of his leadership. And one of the areas in which he generated interesting and at least potentially significant new thought was that of the nature and future of the Soviet state itself. Although he was certainly not a theorist, even by Soviet standards, he did open up to discussion one of the most sensitive of all Soviet theoretical questions, that of the 'dictatorship of the proletariat' and its transition to 'communism'. There was, of course, the tradition of extending the ideology as new 'stages' of history are reached and the peculiarly Soviet need to justify practical change in ideological terms. Indeed, one may even refer to a built-in compulsion shared by all Soviet leaders to demonstrate continuous progress towards the goal of communism. But how original was Khrushchev after all? Was it simply a matter of style, or did he really change the Soviet system and the ideology which justifies it

Political science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Soviet and Russian History