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This volume will appeal to readers interested in modern Russian politics, cultural studies, and esotericism, as well as those studying post-Soviet history and literature.
This book seeks to understand him as perhaps the most eminent representative of a school of thought that is here defined as ‘post-Soviet esotericism’.
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Aleksandr Prokhanov and Post-Soviet Esotericism by Edmund Griffiths delves into the multifaceted persona of Aleksandr Prokhanov, a prize-winning novelist and the editor of the weekly newspaper Zavtra. Prokhanov stands as a prominent figure in Russian imperial patriotism. Ever since 1991, when he signed (and reputedly wrote) the manifesto for the failed putsch against Mikhail Gorbachev, he has been an influential voice in Russian political culture.
He has played a significant role in steering the "irreconcilable opposition" of the 1990s towards ideas of empire, wrestled with the challenging question of whether to endorse Vladimir Putin as a saviour, and has propagated a bewildering series of conspiracy theories. In addition to his political influence, Prokhanov is a remarkably prolific writer.
His novels are simultaneously muck-raking and lyrical, weaving Moscow scandal with the mystical yearnings of 'cosmism.' Themes such as conspiracies, space exploration, the resurrection of the dead, and Stalin as a supernatural redeemer appear repeatedly in his works, both in his novels and articles.
Aleksandr Prokhanov and Post-Soviet Esotericism strives to understand Prokhanov as the leading representative of post-Soviet esotericism, a school of thought that has gained significant traction in Russia since the collapse of the USSR.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9783838209630
Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 January 2023
Country: Germany
Imprint: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Edition: New edition
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- Series edited by Andreas Umland
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 288g
Pages: 220
About the Author
Edmund Griffiths holds a Doctorate from Oxford University, where he was a Research Fellow at Wolfson College from 2007–2014. He is the author of Towards a Science of Belief Systems (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
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