Apr
30
A World After its Own Image
April 30, 2006 | 4 Comments
“The most intimate reactions of human beings have been so thoroughly reified that the idea of anything specific to themselves now persists only as an utterly abstract notion: personality scarcely signifies anything more than shining white teeth and freedom from body odor and emotions. The triumph of advertising in the culture industry is that consumers [...]
Apr
27
The Chernobyl Effect
April 27, 2006 | 1 Comment
Twenty years ago the nuclear plant Chernobyl exploded. The Guardian did an excellent article on the event and its lingering effects. There is no official count on how many died as a result. The number is probably in the tens of thousands, and its effects will continue to be felt in the [...]
Apr
25
Russia’s Youth Uncritical of Putin’s Politics
April 25, 2006 | 5 Comments
Russian youth continues to be a topic for commentary on Russia Profile. The husband-wife team of Yelena Rykovtseva and Alexei Pankin comment on the conservatism of Russian youth and the differences between the lives of Soviet post-Soviet Russian youth. These two commentaries are nicely supplemented by an article in the Moscow News on [...]
Apr
21
Georgi Derluguian’s Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus
April 21, 2006 | 1 Comment
On the right side of this page you will find a “Currently Reading” section. The only reason why I mention this is because of the current book that is displayed, Georgi Derluguian’s Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus: A World Systems Biography. I’m sixty pages into it and I find it absolutely fascinating. [...]
Apr
21
Ufa Blog and Anti-Fascism in Russia
April 21, 2006 | 1 Comment
I want to give a quick plug and shout out.
Daut at Ufa Blog seems to be pretty plugged in to Russian anti-fascist activism and the rise of right wing racism. His newest post is a letter about the murder of anti-fascist activist Alexander Ryukhin, which I mention in my last post.
I’m also happy [...]
