Conspiracy culture : post-Soviet paranoia and the Russian imagination /

"Contemporary Russia stands apart as one of the most prolific generators of conspiracy theories and paranoid rhetoric. Conspiracy Culture traces the roots of the phenomenon within the sphere of culture and history, examining the long arc of Russian paranoia from the present moment back to earli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Livers, Keith A., 1963- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press [2020]
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctv179h1hx
Table of Contents:
  • From Vampire Capitalism to Enlightened Selfhood: Viktor Pelevin's (Anti)-Conspiracy Novels
  • The Great Anti-Russian Plot: Aleksandr Prokhanov's Conspiracy Novels of the 2000s
  • Timur Bekmambetov's Night Watch and Day Watch: Russia's Secret Others
  • From the "Dulles Plan" to Pussy Riot: Conspiracy Theories in Today's Russia.