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The Ethics of Postcommunism S. Prozorov

The Ethics of Postcommunism By S. Prozorov

The Ethics of Postcommunism by S. Prozorov


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Summary

Prozorov offers a radical reinterpretation of contemporary Russian politics in terms of Agamben's philosophy. Reconstructing Agamben's conception of the end of history, that challenges the Hegelian thesis, Prozorov approaches post-communist Russia as a post-historical terrain, in which the teleological dimension of politics has been deactivated.

The Ethics of Postcommunism Summary

The Ethics of Postcommunism: History and Social Praxis in Russia by S. Prozorov

Prozorov offers a radical reinterpretation of contemporary Russian politics in terms of Agamben's philosophy. Reconstructing Agamben's conception of the end of history, that challenges the Hegelian thesis, Prozorov approaches post-communist Russia as a post-historical terrain, in which the teleological dimension of politics has been deactivated.

About S. Prozorov

SERGEI PROZOROV is Research Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. He is the author of three monographs and numerous articles on political philosophy and international relations.

Table of Contents

Universal Post-Communism: Kojeve and Agamben on the End of History A Time Like No Other: Russian Politics after the End of History The Janitor Generation: The Ethics of Disengagement in the Late-Soviet Period From a Shining Void: The Dialectic of Bespredel in Post-Communist Social Praxis The Invisible Victory: Experimentum Linguae and the Appropriation of Anomie

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NPB9780230224131
9780230224131
023022413X
The Ethics of Postcommunism: History and Social Praxis in Russia by S. Prozorov
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2009-04-08
266
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