THE SOVIET REVIEW - Spring 1970 - Vol.XI No.1

Oct 13, 2026

Spring 1970 issue of THE SOVIET REVIEW with a publisher’s note, subscription and publishing information, and a detailed table of contents. The contents include contributions addressing Marcuse’s critical theory of society, comparative themes such as East and West in Andrei Platonov, a film discussion section, and a demographic analysis focused on female employment and the birthrate. The publication describes its purpose as providing translations of significant Soviet social-science articles.

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Publisher's Note

A Film Discussion

A Demographic Problem: Female Employment and the Birthrate

IS MARCUSE'S CRITICAL THEORY OF SOCIETY CRITICAL?

19.CCT.1970 THE SOVIET REVIEW iasp # Publisher's Note The Soviet Review will be printed,beginningwith Volume XI,in the present,smaller for-mat.This is being done for the convenienceof the reader,and the amount of materialpublished in each issue will remain the same. Each volume will be paginated consecutively. The Soviet Review SPRING 1970/VOL.XI,NO.1TABLE OF CONTENTS Iu.A.ZAMOSHKIN and N.V.MOTROSHILOVA:Is Marcuse's "Critical Theory of Society"Critical?(Voprosy filosofii,1968,No.10) 3 L.ANNINSKY:East and West in the Work ofAndrei Platonov(Prostor,1968,No.1) 25 # A FILM DISCUSSION M.KVASNETSKAIA:Monday...Will be a Happy Day(Komsomol'skaia pravda,December 11,1968)52 The "School Film''Takes an Exam (Komsomol'skaia pravda,January 29,1969)60 B.PANKIN:A Teacher's Life (Komsomol'skaia pravda,February 7,1969)66 # A Demographic Problem:Female Employmentand the Birthrate (Voprosy ekonomiki,1969,No.5)76 THE SOVIET REVIEW contains unabridged translations fromthe following Soviet publications:Voprosy ekonomiki(Prob-lems of Economics);Mirovaia ekonomika i mezhdunarodnyeotnosheniia(World Economy and International Relations); Sovetskaia pedagogika(Soviet Pedagogy);Narodnoe obrazovanie(Public Education);Sovetskoe gosudarstvo i pravo(Soviet Stateand Law);Voprosy istorii(Problems of History);Voprosy filo-sofii(Problems of Philosophy);Voprosy psikhologii(Problemsof Psychology);Voprosy literatury(Problems of Literature);Novy mir(New World). Articles from other publications are included from time totime if they are considered of sufficient interest. The purpose of THE SOVIET REVIEW is to provide readerswith a cross-section of significant articles published in Sovietperiodicals in the social sciences and related fields. Publisher:Myron E.Sharpe Editor:Fred Ablin Managing Editor:Valerie Somersille Business Manager:Blanche Broder Advertising Manager:Veronica Ballerand THE SOVIET REVIEW is published quarterly by InternationalArts and Sciences Press,Inc.Business offices:901 No.Broad-way,White Plains,New York 10603.Printed at Cushing-Malloy,Inc.,1350 North Main Street,Ann Arbor,Michigan.Subscriptions $8.00 per year,single copies $2.00.Second-class postagepaid at White Plains,N.Y.and at additional mailing office. o 1970 by International Arts and Sciences Press,Inc.All rights reserved. Voprosy filosofii,1968,No.10 Iu.A.Zamoshkin and N.V.Motroshilova IS MARCUSE'S CRITICAL THEORY OF SOCIETY CRITICAL? In the years since World War II,the social critic has becomea rather popular figure in the West.The demand for criticaltheories of society is readily explainable where the contradic-tions of social development take the form of sharp paradoxesrecognized by the broad public.It may be assumed that inter-est in critical concepts of society will increase.People whorecognize themselves as cogs without rights in the system ofbureaucratic organization of state-supported monopoly capital-ism,who react acutely to the threat of social catastrophes (e.g.,war,militarism,fascism),endow such concepts with the haloof humanism if only because they often find in them their ownmoods,given shape and seemingly elevated to the level of gen-eral social protest.These feelings represent a concrete dis-satisfaction with the present situation,and the sense that the society in which they live is in crisis. In addition,the popularity of critical theories may be under-stood if one takes into consideration the situation that has comeinto being in social science.In an atmosphere characterized bya fear of all-encompassing theories and broad philosophical gen-eralizations,an atmosphere typical of the mass level of socialresearch in the conditions of the capitalist world,critical the-ories acquire considerable powers of attraction.More and moreoften they pose and attempt to resolve very widespread andpressing problems of contemporary social development.Crit-ical theories of society directly place before social thought areal ta

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What is the publication purpose of THE SOVIET REVIEW?

THE SOVIET REVIEW provides a cross-section of significant articles published in Soviet periodicals across the social sciences and related fields.

Which topics are covered in the issue’s table of contents?

The issue includes a film discussion section, work on Marcuse’s critical theory, East–West themes in Andrei Platonov, and a demographic problem focused on female employment and the birthrate.

How does the publisher describe the printing and pagination of the journal?

The note states the journal will be printed beginning with Volume XI using a smaller format for convenience, while each volume will be paginated consecutively.

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