Talk:Isaac Deutscher

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Ismail in topic Stalin biog & evolution of views

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The chronology of the section on Deutscher's anti-Stalinist activity, his expulsion and the publication of "The Danger of Barbarism over Europe" needs clarifying. We need dates for each of these three deveopments. Tamara Deutscher's preface to "The Non-Jewish Jew & Other Essays" is unclear on the sequence and contradicts Marxists.org's entry for Deutcher (see http://www.marxists.org/glossary/people/d/e.htm#deutscher-isaac ). We don't know when exactly "The Danger of Barbarism over Europe" began to appear in the underground CP papers. It was unlikely to have been in 1933 because it seems the KPP had expelled Deutcher by this stage and he'd likely be denied access to the underground presses from which the "The Danger of Barbarism" was published. It appears that "The Danger of Barbarism" was Deutscher's reaction to, rather than a cause of, his expulsion from KPP.

58.172.104.13 (talk) 01:05, 9 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Copyright violation?

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSdeutscher.htm

Dze27 16:39 Feb 16, 2003 (UTC)

Enemies edit

This looks like a person who made a lot of enemies both at the left as at the right side of politics, people and countries. Was his sudden death ever investigated? How did he die? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.125.148.175 (talk) 20:17, 16 November 2013 (UTC)Reply

We certainly need information as to why he died.--Jack Upland (talk) 22:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Israeil and Judaism edit

Why is there so much information on this?--Jack Upland (talk) 22:28, 9 October 2016 (UTC)Reply

Stalin biog & evolution of views edit

I read his Stalin biog in my youth and I recall that there were a series of introductions which showed the evolution of his views over the years (all of which were printed, but it was in an edition after his death so I've no idea if he would have approved). Might be worth a note if somebody has a copy to hand.Paulturtle (talk) 01:32, 7 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

As far as I know, from the time Deutscher wrote his Stalin biography till the day he (Deutscher) died, his view of Stalin remained fundamentally the same. His 1966 preface to the second edition states "I have seen no reason to alter my narrative or interpretation of Stalin's career." --Ismail (talk) 10:27, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply