Etkind, Alexander
Russia Against Modernity
- ISBN 13:
- 9781509556588
- author:
- Etkind, Alexander
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Polity Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions:
- 21.6 x 13.7 x 1.3 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- World / Russian & Former Soviet Union Political Science
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 20 working days
Description
Russia Against Modernity by Alexander Etkind explores how Putin's regime is resisting and subverting the modern world. The Russian war in Ukraine has broader targets, including climate awareness, energy transition, and digital labor. Etkind distinguishes between Russia's "paleomodernity" and the lean, decentralized "gaiamodernity" of the Anthropocene. He analyzes how social mechanisms convert the energy of the oil curse into aggression, revealing the agency driving the Russian war against modernity. This short critique combines political economy, social history, and demography to predict Russia's decolonizing and defederating trajectory.
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