A compelling intellectual biography of Stalin told through his personal library
“[A] fascinating new study.”—Michael O’Donnell, Wall Street Journal
In this engaging life of the twentieth century’s most self-consciously learned dictator, Geoffrey Roberts explores the books Stalin read, how he read them, and what they taught him. Stalin firmly believed in the transformative potential of words and his voracious appetite for reading guided him throughout his years. A biography as well as an intellectual portrait, this book explores all aspects of Stalin’s tumultuous life and politics.
Stalin, an avid reader from an early age, amassed a surprisingly diverse personal collection of thousands of books, many of which he marked and annotated revealing his intimate thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. Based on his wide-ranging research in Russian archives, Roberts tells the story of the creation, fragmentation, and resurrection of Stalin’s personal library. As a true believer in communist ideology, Stalin was a fanatical idealist who hated his enemies—the bourgeoisie, kulaks, capitalists, imperialists, reactionaries, counter-revolutionaries, traitors—but detested their ideas even more.
0 有用 书中自有颜如玉 2022-04-27 03:44:30
元首都是喜欢读书的
2 有用 卯金刀维奇 2022-07-22 23:04:50
感觉和他那本已翻成中文的《斯大林的战争》一样乏味……对斯大林读书笔记的考察对我反正完全无法满足,还不如把尚存于Stalin Digital Archive的那几百本书的批语像《毛读文史古籍批语集》那样整理出来……
2 有用 卯金刀维奇 2022-07-22 23:04:50
感觉和他那本已翻成中文的《斯大林的战争》一样乏味……对斯大林读书笔记的考察对我反正完全无法满足,还不如把尚存于Stalin Digital Archive的那几百本书的批语像《毛读文史古籍批语集》那样整理出来……
0 有用 书中自有颜如玉 2022-04-27 03:44:30
元首都是喜欢读书的