The Truth of Authority: Ideology and Communication in the Soviet Union

by Thomas F. Remington

Overview

Thomas Remington discusses the methods used by the Communist Party to manage communications in Soviet society. Covering literature produced by Soviet scholars from the 1970s and 1980s, that studies the organization, content, usage, and impact of propaganda, Remington views how Party officials intrinsically manage the structure of the Soviet communications system, through rhetoric of both conservatism and reform.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780822954088
Publisher:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date:	10/15/1988
Series:	Russian and East European Studies
Edition description:	1
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Thomas F. Remington is professor of political science at Emory University.

Editorial Reviews

A major contribution to the field of Soviet studies. Remington carefully and systematically describes the ideological work of the Soviet Communist party, from the system of party education to supervision of the news media. . . . This volume should be required reading for graduate courses; its accessible style makes it highly useful for undergraduates as well.”
—Choice


“This book, essential to anyone in political communication not limited to Western, democratic societies, presents important information of many kinds. Remington not only traces evolution in ideological rhetoric under Soviet leaders from Khrushchev to Gorbachev, but documents numbers of employees and organs of CPSU propaganda at national and provincial levels. . . . a gold mine of information ranging from mass communication to political theory.”
—Quarterly Review of Speech


“A valuable addition to the literature on ideology and communication in general, and on the nature and function of Soviet ideology in particular. . . . Remington has produced a work that is well documented with Soviet and Western sources, accessible to the reading public, and useful to the scholar.”
—Problems of Communism

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