Ebook: The Lysenko Affair
Author: David Joravsky
The Lysenko affair was perhaps the most bizarre chapter in the history of modern science. For thirty years, until 1965, Soviet genetics was dominated by a fanatical agronomist who achieved dictatorial power over genetics and plant science as well as agronomy. "A standard source both for Soviet specialists and for sociologists of science." American Journal of Sociology "Joravsky has produced ... the most detailed and authoritative treatment of Lysenko and his view on genetics." New York Times Book Review
;Cover13; -- Contents13; -- Preface13; -- 1. Soviet Ideology as a Problem13; -- 2. A Crisis of Faith in Science13; -- 3. Harmless Cranks13; -- Michurin13; -- Lysenko and Other Peasant Scientists13; -- 4. Raising Stalin's Hand13; -- The First Clashes13; -- Systematic Conflict13; -- 5. Stalinist Self-Defeat, 1936-195013; -- "Discussion"13; -- Terror13; -- The Final "Discussion"13; -- 6. Self-Conquest, 1950-196513; -- Under Stalin13; -- Under Khrushchev13; -- Against Khrushchev13; -- 7. Academic Issues: Science13; -- Plant Physiology13; -- Genetics13; -- The Autonomy of Scientists13; -- 8. Academic Issues: Marxism13; -- Philosophy13; -- The Human Animal13; -- 9. The Criterion of Practice13; -- Potatoes13; -- Corn13; -- Land13; -- 10. Ideologies and Realities13; -- Appendix A: Repressed Specialists13; -- Appendix B: For the Kremlinologists13; -- Bibliography13; -- Notes13; -- Index13.Download the book The Lysenko Affair for free or read online
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