Afterlife of the ‘Soviet Man’

Rethinking Homo Sovieticus

AvGulnaz Sharafutdinova,Eugene M. Avrutin

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Almost three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, today more often than ever, global media and intellectuals rely on the concept of homo sovieticus to explain Russia’s authoritarian ills. Homo sovieticus - or the Soviet man - is understood to be a double-thinking, suspicious and fearful conformist with no morality, an innate obedience to authority and no public demands; they have been forged in the fires of the totalitarian conditions in which they find themselves.But where did this concept come from? What analytical and ideological pillars does it stand on? What is at stake in using this term today? The Afterlife of the ‘Soviet Man’ addresses all these questions and even explains why – at least in its contemporary usage – this concept should be abandoned altogether.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-23
Mått:128 x 196 x 12 mm
Vikt:160 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Russian Shorts
Antal sidor:136
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350167728

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Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Historia inom Historia och arkeologi

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Gulnaz Sharafutdinova is Reader in Russian Politics at King’s College London (King’s Russia Institute), UK. She is the author of Political Consequences of Crony Capitalism Inside Russia (2011) and the co-editor, along with Neringa Klumbyte, of Soviet Society In The Era of Late Socialism, 1964-1985 (2012).

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A very timely book about major attempts to analyse Soviet-Russian identity before and after the collapse of the USSR. Combining methodological clarity with empathy and erudition, the author rejects a reductionist ‘totalitarian’ approach in favour of nuanced observation. A useful corrective to any current analysis of Russia, in peace and at war.

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue1. On Riding Bicycles and Human Judgement2. Homo Sovieticus as Eastern European Dissent3. Homo Sovieticus as Soviet Dissent4. Homo Sovieticus as a Perestroika Child 5. Homo Sovieticus as Post-Soviet Empathy6. Homo Post-Sovieticus as a Fight for the ContinentBibliographyIndex