A World Split Apart : Commencement Address Delivered at Harvard University June 8, 1978

Solzhenistsyn, Aleksandr I.

United States of America , 1978

By Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.
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Hard Covers, Brodart-wrapped dust jacket, 69 pages-pagination ends at 61, 5x7.5 in [12.5x19.5 cm], text in Russian and in English.

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Dust jacket: rubbed, soiled, age tanned, closed tear along top edge, price clipped.

Book: clean and crisp copy.

Notes

In this 1978 speech at Harvard University, Solzhenitsyn argues that the world is divided not only politically between East and West but also morally. He criticizes the Soviet system for oppression and lack of freedom, and the Western world for materialism, weak moral values, and overdependence on legal rights. He concludes that both sides need spiritual and moral renewal to overcome the global crisis.
ISBN

0060140070
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