Soviet Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism in Contemporary Russia by Eliot Borenstein geopolitics he discovers an annotated manuscript

he discovers an annotated manuscript hidden inside a copy of War and Peace and decides to track down its author

Твердый переплет

September 2017

seeing people face to face

Russia’s relationship with its neighbours and with the West has worsened dramatically in recent years

Soviet Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism in Contemporary Russia by Eliot Borenstein geopolitics he discovers an annotated manuscriptSoviet Self Hatred examines the imaginary Russian identities that emerged following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Eliot Borenstein shows how these identities are best understood as balanced on a simple axis between pride and shame, shifting in response to Russia's standing in the global community, its anxieties about internal dissension and foreign threats, and its stark socioeconomic inequalities. Through close readings of Russian fiction, films,