Everything Was Forever, until It Was No More : The Last Soviet Generation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yurchak, Alexei.

Series:

Princeton Classics Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"[An] extraordinary book."--Brian Eno * "One of the best books about the U.S.S.R.in its late stage."--Alexei Navalny, from Patriot: A Memoir * "Not just history, but a pleasure to read, a true work of art."--Slavoj Žižek * "Extraordinary and brilliant."--Adam Curtis, director of HyperNormalisation A fascinating exploration of.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition

Acknowledgments

1. Late Socialism: An Eternal State

2. Hegemony of Form: Stalin's Uncanny Paradigm Shift

3. Ideology Inside Out: Ethics and Poetics

4. Living "Vnye": Deterritorialized Milieus

5. Imaginary West: The Elsewhere of Late Socialism

6. The True Colors of Communism: King Crimson, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd

7. Dead Irony: Necroaesthetics, "Stiob," and the Anekdot

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-28449-0

9780691284491

OCLC:

1561168277