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Lysenkoism, pseudoscience and repression in the USSR

Lysenkoism, pseudoscience and repression in the USSR

Paperback

General World History

ISBN10: 6207673174
ISBN13: 9786207673179
Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
Published: Jun 19 2024
Pages: 84
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A little-explored facet of Lysenkoism and its repressive and destructive presence in the Soviet Union is its relationship with the film industry. This pseudo-scientific current, which threatened the historical achievements made by Russian and Soviet scientists, managed to amalgamate with political power in its dispute for power in universities and specialized media. Some of its exponents, such as the Ukrainian agronomist Trofim Lysenko, also became political figures. And they wanted to use the cinema as a weapon to spread their charlatanist theories and thus increase the number of followers in society. Even important directors ended up being enticed, even begrudgingly, like the famous Ukrainian filmmaker Aleksandr Dovjenko, who fought hard to maintain his artistic vision and work in the face of the Lysenkoists' attempts to control and manipulate it.

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