This book is a tribute to the memory of Victor Zaslavsky (1937–2009), sociologist, émigré from the Soviet Union, Canadian citizen, public intellectual, and keen observer of Eastern Europe.In ...seventeen essays leading European, American and Russian scholars discuss the theory and the history of totalitarian society with a comparative approach. They revisit and reassess what Zaslavsky considered the most important project in the latter part of his life: the analysis of Eastern European - especially Soviet societies and their difficult “transition” after the fall of communism in 1989–91. The variety of the contributions reflects the diversity of specialists in the volume, but also reveals Zaslavsky’s gift: he surrounded himself with talented people from many different fields and disciplines.In line with Zaslavsky´s work and scholarly method, the book promotes new theoretical and methodological approaches to the concept of totalitarianism for understanding Soviet and East European societies, and the study of fascist and communist regimes in general.
Christopher Dunn's history of authoritarian Brazil exposes the inventive cultural production and intense social transformations that emerged during the rule of an iron-fisted military regime during ...the sixties and seventies. The Braziliancontraculturawas a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that developed alongside the ascent of hardline forces within the regime in the late 1960s. Focusing on urban, middle-class Brazilians often inspired by the international counterculture that flourished in the United States and parts of western Europe, Dunn shows how new understandings of race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship erupted under even the most oppressive political conditions.Dunn reveals previously ignored connections between the counterculture and Brazilian music, literature, film, visual arts, and alternative journalism. In chroniclingdesbunde, the Brazilian hippie movement, he shows how the state of Bahia, renowned for its Afro-Brazilian culture, emerged as a countercultural mecca for youth in search of spiritual alternatives. As this critical and expansive book demonstrates, many of the country's social and justice movements have their origins in the countercultural attitudes, practices, and sensibilities that flourished during the military dictatorship.
Predmet ovog rada su ključni problemi u rusko-ukrajinskim odnosima. Rusija veći dio Ukrajine smatra dijelom vlastitog teritorija, a Ruse i Ukrajince jednim narodom zbog toga što dijele dugu ...zajedničku povijest. Fokus rada je na dinamici zbivanja u Ukrajini u kontekstu rusko-ukrajinskih odnosa, uz analizu unutarnjih zbivanja u obje zemlje. Identificiran je niz povijesnih i aktualnih kriza koje se medusobno presijecaju, od kojih svaka pogoršava stanje. U radu su detektirani ključni problemi u složenim odnosima Ukrajine i Rusije, neophodni za razumijevanje aktualnog odnosa i budućnosti dviju zemalja. Rusija i Ukrajina su stoljećima gospodarski, socijalno i politički povezane. Ukrajina je nakon raspada SSSR-a prozapadno orijentirana, teži približavanju Europskoj uniji i NATO-u, no Rusija to smatra diskretnom prijetnjom, što 2014. dovodi do zaoštravanja odnosa i sukoba. Stoga se zaključuje je da približavanje Ukrajine euroatlantskim integracijama, a posebno NATO-u, dovelo do eskalacije u odnosima dviju zemalja i ruske invazije.
Venezuela has suffered for more than twenty years from a totalitarian regime determined to systematically demolish all orders of national life. Beyond the material and institutional devastation, the ...true core of the destruction is of a spiritual order: the regime has corroded the national ethos. The task of recovering the soul of the nation is more urgent and arduous than the immense work of material and institutional reconstruction.
The Dynamics of Right-Wing Extremism within German Society explores the prevalence of right-wing extremist attitudes in Germany. The book provides a thorough psychosocial and sociological theory of ...general authoritarian dynamics to explain broader societal attitudes, particularly focusing on right-wing extremism. It provides a uniquely long-term perspective on the different dimensions of right-wing extremism—the affinity for dictatorial forms of government, chauvinist attitudes, the trivialisation or justification of National Socialism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and social Darwinism. The first chapter delineates the theoretical framework of authoritarian dynamics, while subsequent chapters provide an in-depth analysis of empirical findings and distinguish authoritarian and democratic typologies. The authors focus on recognition of authoritarian statehood and anti-Semitism; the relationship between religion and right-wing extremism; and support for the radical-right populist party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). The innovative theoretical approach of this book scrutinizes the theory of authoritarianism in the contemporary world. This book provides unique empirical data and will be of interest to scholars of German politics, anti-democratic attitudes and prejudices, sociology, political science, and social psychology.
On defense Bhattacharya, Sayan
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Part of a book forum on Srila Roy's Changing the Subject, this essay hones in on Roy's theorization of labor in feminist governmentality—from the underpaid labors of non‐profit workers to the ...reproductive labors that vitalize feminist and queer rights movements to the care labors for target groups and the aesthetic labors of the workers in how they present themselves at work. These labors simultaneously contain and enable visions of social transformation. The labors that keep feminist and queer organizing alive are becoming more exhausting and challenging under a totalitarian regime. Hence, defensiveness is, more often than not, the default response to any critique of the politics of such labors. This essay asks if it is possible to engage with such defensiveness as an entry point to explore the everyday workings of queer and feminist mobilizations.
