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The Afterlife of the ‘Soviet Man’: Rethinking Homo Sovieticus

By (author) Dr Gulnaz Sharafutdinova

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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.

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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published date | 23 Feb 2023
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 136
Dimensions | 206 x 136 x 14mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 260g
ISBN | 978-1-3501-6771-1
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BISAC | history / europe / russia & the former soviet union

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