This provocative book addresses the ideological and political crisis of the Western left, and presents a radical critique of the current state of the Western left which puts discourse above class interest and politics of diversity above politics of social change.
In this dramatic, month-by-month chronicle of a tumultuous period, Boris Kagarlitsky bears witness to the eruption of open political discussion in the Soviet Union during the 'hot summer' of 1988.
In this book Boris Kagarlitsky offers a trenchant analysis of the break-up of the Soviet Union and the transformation of a section of the old nomenklatura into a new possessing and ruling elite.Kagarlitsky shows that Western commentators have been misled by the street theatre of events like the bungled coup of August 1991 into supposing that a fundamental break has been made with the confused politics and economics of the late Soviet period. H...
It supplies an account of the former Politburo member, Boris Yeltsin—his rise to the presidency and the rifts with his parliamentary opponents, which led to the attack on the Russian White House on October 1993. There are portraits of Gavril Popov, the former mayor of Moscow and Vladimir Zhironovsky, the ultra-nationalist demagogue. The book provides analysis of the new Russia and its attempts to develop modern capitalism.
Boris Kagarlitsky è una delle voci più influenti della Sinistra russa, che non smette di criticare i politici dell'intero spettro politico, da Putin a Zyuganov, passando per Bertinotti e Tony Blair. La sua vita, e quella della sua famiglia, sono un susseguirsi degli avvenimenti più significativi dell'ultimo secolo e mezzo di storia russa: rivoluzione d'ottobre, Russia bianca e Russia bolscevica, dissidenza e arresto. Lui stesso personaggio par...
Translated from the original Russian, this book analyzes the economic development of leading European empires and the United States of America. The author exposes the myths of the spontaneous emergence of the market economy and the role of government as a disincentive towards private initiative, when for centuries the state power has been carrying out a "coercing to the market" with all its strength. This book presents a somewhat epic depictio...
A clear and concise introduction to modern Russian history and politics. A valuable resource for students and anyone requiring a basic understanding of post-Soviet Russia.
A clear and concise introduction to modern Russian history and politics. A valuable resource for students and anyone requiring a basic understanding of post-Soviet Russia.
This panoramic account of political culture in the Soviet Union, by one of the leading voices of unofficial radical socialism, examines the way in which cultural life in the arts, philosophy and historiography has been able to withstand the persistent efforts of the statocracy to extinguish independent thought.
Why do commercial advertisements stress that the products they offer are exactly the same as they used to be in Soviet times? And why, year after year, does the government in Moscow organize impressive celebrations for Victory Day, inevitably drawing parallels to the old Soviet ceremonies? This title tackles these questions.