1 Igor Shafarevich, a lightning rod for controversy -- ¡2 Shafarevich's early years in the young Soviet state -- 3 Shafarevich, the human rights activist -- 4 The first disputes about the Soviet -- and Russian -- future -- ¡5 From under the rubble, Shafarevich's and Solzhenitsyn's joint project -- 6 Shafarevich's addresses until the early 1980s -- ¡7 Shafarevich's first statements during the era of glasnost -- 8 Russophobia -- 9 The rapid political changes of the late 1980s early 1990s -- 10 Critique of techno-scientific civilisation -- 11 Some conclusions -- Sources and literature -- Index of personal names
Summary
"This is the first comprehensive study about the non-mathematical writings and activities of the Russian algebraic geometer and number theorist Igor Shafarevich (b. 1923). In the 1970s Shafarevich was a prominent member of the dissidents' human rights movement and a noted author of clandestine anticommunist literature in the Soviet Union."
