{"product_id":"intimate-enemies-demonizing-the-bolshevik-opposition-1918-1928-9780822959526","title":"Intimate Enemies: Demonizing the Bolshevik Opposition, 1918-1928","description":"\u003ci\u003eIntimate Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant study of the transformation of Bolshevik Party ideology, language, and power relations during the crucial period leading up to Stalin's seizure of power. Combining extensive research in recently opened Soviet archives with an insightful rereading of intra-Party struggles, Igal Halfin uncovers this evolution in the language of Bolshevism. This language defined the methods for judging true party loyalty-in what Halfin describes as an examination of the 'hermeneutics of the soul, ' and became the basis for prosecuting the Party's enemies, particularly the \"intimate enemies\" within the Party itself. Halfin argues that Bolshevism-which claimed sole access to truth and morality-ultimately demonized its enemies, and became in effect a theology that facilitated a monumental power shift.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Igal Halfin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.34w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822959526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIgal Halfin\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of history at Tel Aviv University. He is the author or editor of \u003ci\u003eFrom Darkness to Light: Class, Consciousness, and Salvation in Revolutionary Russia, Terror in My Soul: Communist Autobiographies on Trial, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLanguage and Revolution: The Making of Modern Political Identities.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40198641877107,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7c08981a-530a-40ed-aff3-a6e7a4707d6a.jpg?v=1656079840","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/intimate-enemies-demonizing-the-bolshevik-opposition-1918-1928-9780822959526","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}