Article ID: CBB722203405

Lysenko Unemployed: Soviet Genetics after the Aftermath (2018)

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The history of the so-called Lysenko affair—the domination of Soviet biology by the agronomist Trofim Denisovich Lysenko and the state-sanctioned proscription of genetics from 1948 to 1965—has for decades generated widespread political and historical interest as a textbook example of political distortion of science. Building on archival sources from the United States and Russia, this essay resituates the “ending” of this episode within the context of the Soviet science system, arguing against the prevalent “rise and fall” narrative. This reperiodization of the Lysenko episode allows an inquiry into how history and historiography mutually construct each other, as well as highlighting the significance of disestablishing discarded scientific institutions along with theories.

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Authors & Contributors
Roll-Hansen, Nils
Saito, Hirofumi
de Jong-Lambert, William
Cassata, Francesco
Harman, Oren Solomon
Iida, Kaori
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
Istoriko-Biologicheskie Issledovaniia
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences
Publishers
Humanity Books
Concepts
Science and politics
Genetics
Biology
Science and ideology
Controversies and disputes
Propaganda
People
Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich
Aloisi, Massimiliano
Darlington, Cyril Dean
Dunn, Leslie Clarence
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson
Mendel, Gregor Johann
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
Soviet Union
Japan
Poland
Russia
United States
Great Britain
Institutions
Genetics Society of America
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