Plots Against Russia : Conspiracy and Fantasy After Socialism
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| Title: | Plots Against Russia : Conspiracy and Fantasy After Socialism |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Eliot Borenstein |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Conspiracy theories--Russia (Federation), Political culture--Russia (Federation), Popular culture--Russia (Federation), Paranoia--Social aspects--Russia (Federation), National characteristics, Russian, Post-communism--Social aspects--Russia (Federation) |
| Categories: | LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, HISTORY / Russia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Conspiracy Theories |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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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| ISBN: | 9781501716331 9781501716355 9781501735776 9781501716362 |
