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Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938 - (Anthem Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies) Annotated (Paperback)
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- 'Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938' provides ground-breaking research into the relationship between linguistic theory and politics during the first two decades of the USSR.
- About the Author: Craig Brandist is Professor of Cultural Theory and Intellectual History and Director of the Bakhtin Centre at the University of Sheffield.
- 206 Pages
- Literary Criticism,
- Series Name: Anthem Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
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'Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938' provides ground-breaking research into the relationship between linguistic theory and politics during the first two decades of the USSR.
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'Politics and the Theory of Language in the USSR 1917-1938' provides ground-breaking research into the relationship between linguistic theory and politics during the first two decades of the USSR.
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'A very rich and captivating book on the history of the first phase of Soviet linguistics.' -Roger Comtet, Universitéeacute; de Toulouse II, in 'Historiographia Linguistica'
'This is an excellent volume with a set of extraordinarily thoughtful and insightful papers. It is an intellectual history and is of immense relevance to linguists and literary scholars alike as well as historians of the Soviet period.' -Lenore A. Grenoble, University of Chicago, 'The Russian Review'
'This succinct volume of articles straddles the interdisciplinary divide between history, political science, linguistics and literary studies [...]. It opens a new vista for future research that will take into account the entire milieu of the interwar Soviet theoreticians and implementers of linguistic and social engineering.' -Tomasz Kamusella, Cracow University of Economics, 'European History Quarterly' Book Reviews
'This volume is a key contribution to the intellectual history of socially grounded studies of language, and it will be valuable to scholars interested in the place of theories of language in early Soviet politics, as well as to scholars examining the links between language, power, and society in general.' -Laada Bilaniuk, University of Washington, in 'Slavic Review'
About the Author
Craig Brandist is Professor of Cultural Theory and Intellectual History and Director of the Bakhtin Centre at the University of Sheffield.
Katya Chown is Lecturer in Russian at Leeds University and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield.
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