{"product_id":"conspiracy-culture-keith-a-livers-9781487507374","title":"Conspiracy Culture: Post-Soviet Paranoia and the Russian Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003eContemporary Russia stands apart as one of the most prolific generators of conspiracy theories and paranoid rhetoric. \u003ci\u003eConspiracy Culture \u003c\/i\u003etraces 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 earlier nineteenth-century sources, such as Dostoevsky's anti-nihilist novel \u003ci\u003eDemons\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eConspiracy Culture\u003c\/i\u003e examines the use of conspiracy tropes by contemporary Russian authors and filmmakers including the postmodernist writer Viktor Pelevin, the conservative author and pundit Aleksandr Prokhanov, and the popular director Timur Bekmambetov. It also explores paranoia as an instrument within contemporary Russian political rhetoric, as well as in pseudo-historical works. What stands out is the manner in which popular paranoia is utilized to express broadly shared fears not only of a long-standing anti-Russian conspiracy undertaken by the West, but also about the destruction of the country's cultural and spiritual capital within this imagined \"Russophobic\" plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith A. Livers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487507372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487507374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022","brand":"Keith A. Livers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43942694191359,"sku":"9781487507374","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_64f8a5c7-817b-4436-8500-43860f07d369.jpg?v=1681493816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conspiracy-culture-keith-a-livers-9781487507374","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}