Plots against Russia
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Plots against Russia

Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism

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Plots against Russia

Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism

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In this original and timely assessment of cultural expressions of paranoia in contemporary Russia, Eliot Borenstein samples popular fiction, movies, television shows, public political pronouncements, internet discussions, blogs, and religious tracts to build a sense of the deep historical and cultural roots of konspirologiia that run through Russian life. Plots against Russia reveals through dramatic and exciting storytelling that conspiracy and melodrama are entirely equal-opportunity in modern Russia, manifesting themselves among both pro-Putin elites and his political opposition. As Borenstein shows, this paranoid fantasy until recently characterized only the marginal and the irrelevant. Now, through its embodiment in pop culture, the expressions of a conspiratorial worldview are seen everywhere. Plots against Russia is an important contribution to the fields of Russian literary and cultural studies from one of its preeminent voices.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Year
2019
ISBN
9781501716355
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Russian Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction: Russia as an Imaginary Country
  4. 1. Conspiracy and Paranoia: The Psychopathology of Everyday Speech
  5. 2. Ruining Russia: Conspiracy, Apocalypse, and Melodrama
  6. 3. Lost Horizons: Russophobia, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Identity
  7. 4. One Hundred Years of Sodom: Dystopian Liberalism and the Fear of a Queer Planet
  8. 5. The Talking Dead: Articulating the Zombified Subject under Putin
  9. 6. Words of Warcraft: Manufacturing Dissent in Russia and Ukraine
  10. Conclusion: Making Russia Great Again
  11. Notes
  12. Works Cited
  13. Index