Download or read book Intimate Enemies written by Igal Halfin and published by University of Pittsburgh Pre. This book was released on 2007 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate Enemies examines the transformation of Bolshevik Party ideology, language, and power relations during the crucial period leading up to Stalin's seizure of power. Igal Halfin uncovers this evolution in the language of Bolshevism. This language defined the methods for judging true party loyalty-in what Halfin describes as an examination of the 'hermeneutics of the soul,' and became the basis for prosecuting the Party's enemies, particularly the “intimate enemies” within the Party itself.