What is the "real Russia"? What is the relationship between national dreams and kitsch, between political and artistic utopia and everyday existence? Commonplaces of daily living would be perfect clues for those seeking to understand a culture. But all who write big books on Russian life confess their failure to get properly inside Russia, to understand its "doublespeak."
Boym is a unique guide. A member of the last Soviet Generation, the Russian equivalent of our Generation X, she grew up in Leningrad and has lived in the West for the past thirteen years. Her book provides a view of...
What is the "real Russia"? What is the relationship between national dreams and kitsch, between political and artistic utopia and everyday existenc...
The word "freedom" is so overly used--and frequently abused--that it is always in danger of becoming nothing but a cliche. In Another Freedom, Svetlana Boym offers us a refreshing new portrait of the age-old concept. Exploring the rich cross-cultural history of the idea of freedom, from its origins in ancient Greece to the present day, she argues that our attempts to imagine freedom should occupy the space of not only "what is" but also "what if." Beginning with notions of sacrifice and the emergence of a public sphere for politics and art, Boym expands her account to include the...
The word "freedom" is so overly used--and frequently abused--that it is always in danger of becoming nothing but a cliche. In Another Freedom, ...
The word "freedom" is so overly used--and frequently abused--that it is always in danger of becoming nothing but a cliche. In Another Freedom, Svetlana Boym offers us a refreshing new portrait of the age-old concept. Exploring the rich cross-cultural history of the idea of freedom, from its origins in ancient Greece to the present day, she argues that our attempts to imagine freedom should occupy the space of not only "what is" but also "what if." Beginning with notions of sacrifice and the emergence of a public sphere for politics and art, Boym expands her account to include the...
The word "freedom" is so overly used--and frequently abused--that it is always in danger of becoming nothing but a cliche. In Another Freedom, ...
