{"product_id":"how-to-survive-authoritarianism-maria-kuznetsova-9781324098799","title":"How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian's Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmerica is not the first country to experience the stirring of tyranny; in Russia, it has been the law of the land for generations. Over the years, a vernacular of double-speak emerged, one that helped ordinary people make sense of how illiberalism takes shape and makes itself felt in daily life. It allowed them to talk about authoritarianism and to subvert it--with a healthy dose of humor and irony along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this edifying yet lighthearted glossary, two exiled dissidents share one hundred Russian idioms and turns of phrase, from \"apparatchik\" to \"samizdat.\" Some, like \"power vertical,\" give name to a hypercentralized form of government. Others are playful, like \u003cem\u003emnogohodovochka\u003c\/em\u003e (\"master plan\"), used to deride bizarre, misguided state measures. Taken together, they make up the vocabulary we need to understand what is really taking place, and offer a roadmap to what might still lie ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Kuznetsova,Dan Storyev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324098791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324098799\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liveright Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Maria Kuznetsova","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437834350847,"sku":"9781324098799","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0cedc1a3-3351-4c3c-aec2-ce0c49ec3e6e.jpg?v=1777167088","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-survive-authoritarianism-maria-kuznetsova-9781324098799","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}