A collection of works prepared by Comrade Andrei Zhdanov between 1934 and 1947, On Literature, Music, and Philosophy explores the arts from a materialist perspective, and the necessity for revolutionary art for building a better future; a socialist society
Contents:
Speech at the First All-Union Congress of Soviet Writers, 1934
Report on the Journals Zveda and Leningrad, 1947
On Music: Concluding Speech at a Conference of Soviet Music Workers, 1948
On Philosophy: Speech at a Conference of Soviet Philosophical Workers, 1947