Wednesday, January 1, 2020

word meaning - Returns Something To Its Central Place In Soviet History


A book review for the book "The Soviet Tragedy" by Martin Malia reads:



The Soviet Tragedy is an essential coda to the literature of Soviet studies...Insofar as [he] returns the power of ideology to its central place in Soviet history, Malia has made an enormous contribution. He has written the history of a utopian illusion and the tragic consequences it had for the people of the Soviet Union and the world.



I understand (sort of!?) the phrase "a central place in Soviet history". But I don't quite get how the author Malia proactively "returns the power of ideology to its central place in Soviet history," since Malia is not a participant of that Soviet history, but a mere author. If someone, lets say John Doe, did something awesome in the past in America, then the sentence:




John Doe has a central place in American history.



makes sense to me.




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