{"product_id":"conspiracy-culture-post-soviet-paranoia-and-the-russian-imagination-hardback-9781487507374","title":"Conspiracy Culture; Post-Soviet Paranoia and the Russian Imagination (Hardback) 9781487507374","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConspiracy Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePost-Soviet Paranoia and the Russian Imagination\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKeith A. Livers (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487507374\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15 x 2.8 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Anyone interested in Russian media, conspiracy culture, and broader Russian cultural context will find this book valuable and at times quite entertaining.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Eugenia Kuznetsova (\u003cem\u003eEurasian Geography and Economics\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eConspiracy Culture\u003c\/i\u003e asks its readers not merely to think about conspiracy, but to reconsider the evolving contemporary Russian cultural canon in terms of the conspiratorial thinking that is part of its foundation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Eliot Borenstein (\u003ci\u003eThe Russian Review, Vol. 80, No. 3\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"Livers\u0026amp;#x2019;s book will be among the popular studies to understand what brought Russia to the war and where to look for clues to avoid such disasters in the future.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Ilya Yablokov, University of Sheffield (\u003cem\u003eSlavic Review\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary Russia stands apart as one of the most prolific generators of conspiracy theories and paranoid rhetoric. \u003ci\u003eConspiracy Culture \u003c\/i\u003etraces the roots of the phenomenon within the sphere of culture and history, examining the long arc of Russian paranoia from the present moment back to earlier nineteenth-century sources, such as Dostoevsky\u0026amp;#x2019;s anti-nihilist novel \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConspiracy Culture\u003c\/i\u003e examines the use of conspiracy tropes by contemporary Russian authors and filmmakers including the postmodernist writer Viktor Pelevin, the conservative author and pundit Aleksandr Prokhanov, and the popular director Timur Bekmambetov. It also explores paranoia as an instrument within contemporary Russian political rhetoric, as well as in pseudo-historical works. What stands out is the manner in which popular paranoia is utilized to express broadly shared fears not only of a long-standing anti-Russian conspiracy undertaken by the West, but also about the destruction of the country\u0026amp;#x2019;s cultural and spiritual capital within this imagined \"Russophobic\" plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Anti-Russian Conspiracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. From Vampire Capitalism to Enlightened Selfhood: Viktor Pelevin\u0026amp;#x2019;s (Anti)-Conspiracy Novels\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Great Anti-Russian Plot: Aleksandr Prokhanov\u0026amp;#x2019;s Conspiracy Novels of the 2000s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Timur Bekmambetov\u0026amp;#x2019;s Night and Day Watch: Russia\u0026amp;#x2019;s Secret Others\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. From the \"Dulles Plan\" to Pussy Riot: Conspiracy Theories in Today\u0026amp;#x2019;s Russia\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Mr. Putin and Comrade Trump\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595481575704,"sku":"9781487507374","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/conspiracy-culture-post-soviet-paranoia-and-the-russian-imagination-hardback-9781487507374","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}