Some Reflections on Teaching the History of Russia and the Nationalities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11045682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James T Flynn (College of the Holy Cross, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-58 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00905997808407826 |
| OpenAlex | W2070622067 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The New York Times welcomed, as did we all, the appearance of two excellent recent books, Hedrick Smith's The Russians and Robert Kaiser's Russia. But the reviewer began by saying, “It is amazing—worse it is alarming—to realize how little one knows about the Soviet Union.” 1 This notion that we know little about Russia is an old one, of course, and has had its uses. One need but recall Churchill's famous tag about Russia as enigma wrapped in mystery to remember that declarations of ignorance can be used to spur action. Nonetheless, it should be clear by now that whatever else may be said about the notion of our ignorance concerning Russia, one can no longer simply say that it is true. American scholars for many years now have probed with remarkable success all aspects of the Russian experience. Yet the notion persists that we do not know Russia at all well. Why does this notion persist? What can, or should, be done about it? While definitive answers to such questions are too much to expect of any brief essay, the goal of this paper is to sketch at least the broad outlines of what appear to be some reasonable answers
Action (physics · Epistemology · Ignorance · Political science · Politics · Sketch · Soviet union · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |