Daniel Elkind - Dr Chizhevsky's Chandelier
From Required Reading from Liberties by Liberties Journal
October 15, 2025 · 35 min
About this episode
Daniel Elkind discusses his new book on the decline of the USSR and related themes with Morten Høi Jensen.
Daniel Elkind and Morten Høi Jensen discuss Elkind's new book, Dr Chizhevsky's Chandelier: The Decline of the USSR and other Heresies of the Twentieth Century .
People in this episode
Host: Morten Høi Jensen
Guest: Daniel Elkind
Topics covered
- USSR
- 20th Century
- historical analysis
- literature
- political decline
Keywords
- Daniel Elkind
- Morten Høi Jensen
- USSR
- Dr Chizhevsky's Chandelier
- 20th Century
- historical decline
- literature
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Dr Chizhevsky's Chandelier, The Decline of the USSR and other Heresies of the Twentieth Century
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