Proletarian science? : the case of Lysenko
1977, 1st edition. London : NLB. 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. Item #397613
ISBN: 0902308696
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.
Price: €28.00