Dead again : the Russian intelligentsia after Communism / Masha Gessen.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:London ; New York : Verso, 1997وصف:xi, 211 pages ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1859848419
- 1859841473 (pbk)
- 9781859841471 (pbk)
- DK510.56 G47 1997
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DK510.56 G47 1997 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000095916 | ||
كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DK510.56 G47 1997 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 30010000095914 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205) and index.
Pt. 1. A Brief History of the Intelligentsia -- Pt. 2. The Search for Truth. 1. The Doom-Sayers. 2. The Genius Jew-Hater. 3. The Nouveau Religious. 4. The Mystics. 5. A Western Truth in a Russian Home -- Pt. 3. The Search for a Place. 6. The Businessmen. 7. The Politicians. 8. The Governors. 9. The Dissidents Reborn -- Pt. 4. The Future. 10. Generation X, Russian-Style. 11. The Bad Generation.
Isaiah Berlin once argued that the concept of the intelligentsia was "Russia's greatest contribution to world civilization." Since the mid nineteenth century, the Russian intelligentsia has shared a profound sense of responsibility for the fate of its country and a belief in the transformative power of the Word -- a belief reinforced by the state, which has relentlessly tried to suppress any form of intellectual dissent. Starting with Glasnost, this belief has been sorely tested. The floodgates of information opened, but no miracle followed. Indeed, the novelty of free speech quickly wore off. While the intelligentsia was watching its most treasured dream disintegrate, it was also losing its social standing, its prestige and, finally, its money. As it had frequently done in the past, the intelligentsia responded by declaring itself dead, obsolete. Once again, it was the end. Masha Gessen, one of the most perceptive of a new generation of correspondents in Russia, does not share this pessimism. Her fascinating book is the first to examine the ways in which intellectuals are finding new identities - or survival strategies - in the present social and political maelstrom. Through a series of extraordinary individual stories, she shows their quest for a new faith, be it religion or the paranormal, a commitment to nationalist ideology, or to feminist principles. She shows, too, their search for a place in the new society, as artist or politician, entrepreneur or neo-dissident Her accounts of their careers and preoccupations can be inspiring or harrowing, and sometimes hilarious. Finally, Masha Gessen considers the prospects for future generations of intellectuals, giving a vivid and disturbing portrait of Russia's outcast Generation X, and of those younger still, who have largely abandoned any notion of society or hope for a place in it.