The 'Lifeworld' That Gorbachev Ended: What the Soviet Union really was.

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  • Author(s): MORSON, GARY SAUL
  • Source:
    Commentary. Oct2022, Vol. 154 Issue 3, p45-50. 6p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      CIVILIZATION; EVERYDAY life; SOVIET Century, The (Book); SCHLOGEL, Karl, 1948-
    • Subject Terms:
      SOVIET Union
    • Abstract:
      The author offers insights on the civilization in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the role of its former president Mikhail Gorbachev in its collapse in 1991. Topics discussed include the debate over USSR following the death of Gorbachev, the way of living in 18 countries that adopted the Soviet model, the conditions of everyday life in USSR as discussed in Karl Schlögel's book "The Soviet Century," and two studies of Soviet civilization that reveal its distinctiveness.