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The Revolution and its Effects: 1917-1929
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The Revolution and its Effects: 1917-1929
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ABSTRACT
The unique chaos and disruption in which the Revolution of 1917 took place meant that it was impossible to devote much thought or attention to reconstruction on the ‘philosophical front’ (Lenin). Until about 1921 ‘idealism’ as a self-conscious and declared intellectual trend persisted in universities. Follow ing a protracted discussion devoted to the anti-scientific nature of this philosophical tendency, idealism (which was, of course, closely associated with religious thought) was discredited in 1923-4 by Blonski and Kornilov. Institutional support was withdrawn; many intellectuals were forced to emigrate, others were forced into retirement.