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  • Eurasia 2.0

    Russian Geopolitics in the Age of New Media

    Series series Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Politics
    This book discusses the return of geopolitical ideas and doctrines to the post-Soviet space with special focus on the new phenomenon of digital geopolitics, which is an overarching term for different political practices including dissemination of geopolitical ideas online, using the internet by political figures and diplomats for legitimation and outreach activity, and viral spread of geopolitical ... Read more

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  • Postcolonial Slavic Literatures After Communism

    Edited by Klavdia Smola, Dirk Uffelmann ...
    Series Book 4 - Postcolonial Perspectives on Eastern Europe
    How postcolonial are the literatures of postcommunist countries such as Poland, Russia, and Ukraine? Are they postcolonial on the level of sociopolitical conditions, postcolonial modes of representation, or of a (post-)colonial mind? The contributors consider and respond to the heuristic questions and to the claim for accuracy which purports that Slavic literatures after communism are indeed ... Read more

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    The Russian Mastersfrom Akhmatova and Pasternak to Shostakovich and EisensteinUnder Stalin

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  • The Vicious Circle 1832–1864

    A History of the Polish Intelligentsia – Part 2

    Series Book 8 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
    The three-part work provides a first synthetic account of the history of the Polish intelligentsia from the days of its formation to World War I. Part two (1832-1864) analyses the growing importance of the intelligentsia in the epoch marked by the triumph of the Polish romanticism. The stress is put on the debates of the position of intelligentsia in the society, as well as on tensions between ... Read more

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  • Ukrainian Nationalism

    Politics, Ideology, and Literature, 1929-1956

    Both celebrated and condemned, Ukrainian nationalism is one of the most controversial and vibrant topics in contemporary discussions of Eastern Europe. Perhaps today there is no more divisive and heatedly argued topic in Eastern European studies than the activities in the 1930s and 1940s of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN).   This book examines the legacy of the OUN and is the ... Read more

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  • Joseph Stalin

    An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Periodical Literature to 2005

    With the opening of Russian and communist-bloc archives dating from the Soviet-era, there has been a significant increase of scholarly writings pertaining to Joseph Stalin. Widely considered to be among the most influential historical figures of the twentieth century, Stalin continues to be a source of intense study. In the absence of a comprehensive compilation of periodical literature, the need ... Read more

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  • Essays on Ayn Rand's Anthem

    In this first book-length study of Ayn Rand's anti-utopia Anthem, essays explore the historical, literary, and philosophical themes presiding in this novella written in opposition to the totalitarianism of the Soviet Union (and Nazi Germany). Written in 1937, published in 1938 in Britain, and subsequently in a revised form in the United States in 1946, Anthem investigates the importance of the ego ... Read more

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    Series Book 7 - Reconfiguring Identities in the Portuguese-Speaking World
    This is the first book to provide a comparative exploration of the gendered and sexual body in Mozambican literature, engaging with the work of six authors spanning different generations, styles and aesthetics. The study begins by providing a detailed and innovative survey of the dynamics of gender, sexuality and power in the Portuguese colonial and Mozambican post-independence contexts, from the ... Read more

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