Scientific history of philosophy' was one of the professional branches of Soviet philosophy, and a place where philosophical culture was preserved in an often hostile environment. Situated between the ideological exigencies of the Soviet system with its Marxist-Leninist theoretical foundation' and the need for an objective account of philosophy's past, Soviet history of philosophy displays the characteristic features of Soviet philosophy as a whole, including a forceful reappearance of its Hegelian background. This book is the only Western monograph on this important part of Soviet philosophy, thus filling the last main gap in Western `Philosophical Sovietology'. At the same time, it offers the first survey of Soviet philosophy after the disappearance of the Soviet system itself, embarking on an historical and meta-philosophical investigation of Soviet philosophical culture.
The book will be of interest to students of Soviet and Russian philosophy, historians of philosophy and specialists in Soviet studies.

Inhalt
One: Three Perspectives on IFN.- Two: Soviet Philosophical Culture.- Three: The Development of IFN (1920s1980s).- Four: IFN, A Soviet Philosophical Discipline.- Five: The Practice of IFN.- Six: Soviet Theory of the History of Philosophy.- Seven: Coming to Terms with the Past (IFN 1986 1989).- Conclusion.- References.- One.- Two.- Three.- Four.- Five.- Six.- Seven.- List of Abbreviations.- Index of Names and Subjects.