Charms of the Cynical Reason: Tricksters in Soviet and Post-Soviet Culture |
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| Author:
| Lipavetsky, Mark
Lipove'tskii, M. N.
Lipovetsky, Mark N. |
| Series title: | Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-15291-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Academic Studies Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $78.00 |
Book Description:
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Through an analysis of the representation of tricksters in soviet and post-soviet culture, Lipovetsky attempts to draw a virtual map of cynical reason: to identify its symbols, discourses, contradictions, and by these means, its historical development from the 1920s to the 2000s.
Through an analysis of the representation of tricksters in soviet and post-soviet culture, Lipovetsky attempts to draw a virtual map of cynical reason: to identify its symbols, discourses, contradictions, and by these means, its historical development from the 1920s to the 2000s.