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The author asks "What was the historical meaning of Lysenko?", Stalin's overseer of Soviet biology. This edition includes a major introductory essay by Louis Althusser dealing with the political problems the history of Lysenko represents for Communists.
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Text: English, French (translation)
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- PublisherSchocken Books
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0902308696
- ISBN 13 9780902308695
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages165
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Proletarian Science?: Case of Lysenko
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Verso Books, United Kingdom, London, 1977
ISBN 10: 0902308696
ISBN 13: 9780902308695
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Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR006477964
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Proletarian science? : the case of Lysenko
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London : NLB, 1977
ISBN 10: 0902308696
ISBN 13: 9780902308695
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 165 pages ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Translation of: 'Lyssenko'. Paris : F. Maspero, 1976. Contents: Introduction: Unfinished history / Louise Althusser -- 1. 'The Lysenko affair' (1948) -- 2. The long fight of Lysenkoism (1927-1948) -- 3. The peasant question: Stalinist technicism -- 4. The theory of heredity: biological finalism -- 5. The theory of the 'Two sciences' and state ideology -- 6. In memoriam -- Appendix: Bogdanov, mirror of the Soviet intelligentsia. Subjects: Lysenko, Trofim 1898-1976, Criticism and interpretation; Geneticists Soviet Union; Agriculturists Soviet Union; Biology History; Agriculturists Soviet Union; Genetics Theories of Lysenko, T D. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 397613
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Proletarian science? : the case of Lysenko
Published by
London : NLB, 1977
ISBN 10: 0902308696
ISBN 13: 9780902308695
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 165 pages ; 22 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Translation of: 'Lyssenko'. Paris : F. Maspero, 1976. Contents: Introduction: Unfinished history / Louise Althusser -- 1. 'The Lysenko affair' (1948) -- 2. The long fight of Lysenkoism (1927-1948) -- 3. The peasant question: Stalinist technicism -- 4. The theory of heredity: biological finalism -- 5. The theory of the 'Two sciences' and state ideology -- 6. In memoriam -- Appendix: Bogdanov, mirror of the Soviet intelligentsia. Subjects: Lysenko, Trofim 1898-1976, Criticism and interpretation; Geneticists Soviet Union; Agriculturists Soviet Union; Biology History; Agriculturists Soviet Union; Genetics Theories of Lysenko, T D. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 397613
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