The Agony of Socialism
Kazakh Memoirs of the Soviet Past
Amid continuing debate in the early 21st century, in the former Soviet states, the West, China and elsewhere, over the alleged merits and demerits of socialism as a political system, this work aims to expose its dark sides as experienced by the Kazakh (and other former Soviet) peoples during the Soviet era. The author, Garifolla Yesim, was born (1947) and raised in Soviet socialist Kazakhstan, emerging thereafter as a top national academic and Kazakhstani senate deputy in the post-Soviet period. Drawing on his many long years of personal life and political experience as well as academic training, he weaves together a compelling narrative inte…
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Weitere Autoren: Weller, R. Charles (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-9794957-1-7
- EAN: 9780979495717
- Produktnummer: 22664653
- Verlag: Asia Research Associates
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 166 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.5 cm 259 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 259
Über den Autor
Garifolla Yesim (b. 1947) is a professor of historical, social and political philosophy. He has served as Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Science at both Almaty State University (1992-98) and Kazakh National University (2001-10) in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He now teaches at Eurasian University in Astana while serving as a Senate deputy in the Kazakhstani government. He is an academic of top national honors who contributes regularly to national television and radio programs as well as newspaper and magazine publications. He has written numerous books and journal articles in both Kazakh and Russian, including The Elite Scholar Abai (1994), The Essence of Mind: Reflections on Politics and Culture (1995-2007, 10 vols), A History of Islamic Philosophy (2000 and 2004), Human-ity (2001), Kazakh Philosophy (2005), Kazakh Renaissance (2006), Political Philosophy (2009), The Philosophy of Independence (2011) and The Agony of Socialism (2012, English edition 2017).
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