It was forever until it ended. The last Soviet generation

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For the Soviet people, the collapse of the socialist system was both an absolute surprise and something quite natural. This dramatic event revealed an unusual paradox: despite the fact that most people perceived the Soviet system as eternal and unchanging, in principle they were always ready for its collapse. In a book by UC Berkeley professor Alexei Yurchak, the system of "late socialism" (mid-1950s-mid-1980s) is analyzed from the perspective of this paradox. The image of late socialism that emerges in the book is fundamentally different from the usual stereotypes, according to which Soviet reality can be reduced to a description based on simple contrasts: official / unofficial culture, totalitarian language / free language, political suppression / civil resistance, public lies / hidden true. The book was awarded the Enlightener Award for 2015.

Barcode: 9785444817179 SKU: 70106871 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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