Comradely Greetings : The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj

"We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search ... Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that gave us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the note A when everyone else is used to hearing G flat." In an extraordinary exchange of letters, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, imprisoned for taking part in Pussy Riot's anti-Putin performance, and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek discuss artistic subversion, political activism, and the future of democracy via the ideas of Hegel, Deleuze, Nietzsche, and even Laurie Anderson. Two radicals, one in a Russian forced labor camp, the other writing to her from far outside its walls, show passionately -- across linguistic and generational divides -- that "there is still a common cause worth fighting for." Touching, erudite, and worldly, their correspondence unfolds with poetic urgency. In association with Philosophie... A Fascinating Exchange Between The Punk-philosopher And The Philosopher-punk. Introduction / Michel Eltchaninoff -- The True Blasphemy: On The Pussy Riot Sentencing / Slavoj Zizek -- Why I Am Going On Hunger Strike: An Open Letter / Nadya Tolokonnikova. The Prison Letters Of Nadya And Slavoj. All Of Our Activity Is A Quest For Miracles / Nadya To Salvok, August 23, 2012 -- Ignore All Who Pity You As Punk Provocateurs / Salovoj To Nadya, August 26, 2012 -- It Is So Important That You Persist / Slavoj To Nadya, January 2, 2013 -- We Count Ourselves Among Those Rebels Who Court Storms / Nadya To Slavoj, February 23, 2013 -- Is Our Position Utopian? / Slavoj To Nadya, April 4, 2013 -- I Write You From A Special Economic Zone / Nadya To Slavoj, April 16, 2013 -- Beneath The Dynamics Of Your Acts, There Is Inner Stability / Slavoj To Nadya, June 10, 2013 -- As I Serve My 'duece' In Lockdown / Nadya To Slavoj, July 13, 2013 -- I Would Like To Conclude With A Provocation / Slavoj To Nadya, December 12, 2013 -- When You Put On A Mask, You Leave Your Own Time / Nadya To Slavoj, March 11, 2014 -- A New And Much More Risky Heroism Will Be Needed / Slavoj To Nadya, March 18, 2014. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova And Slavoj Žižek ; Translated By Ian Dreiblatt ; Introduced By Michel Eltchaninoff. Includes Bibliographical References. A fascinating exchange between the punk-philosopher and the philosopher-punk "We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search ... Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that gave us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the note A when everyone else is used to hearing G flat." In an extraordinary exchange of letters, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, imprisoned for taking part in Pussy Riot's anti-Putin performance, and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek discuss artistic subversion, political activism, and the future of democracy via the ideas of Hegel, Deleuze, Nietzsche, and even Laurie Anderson. Two radicals, one in a Russian forced labor camp, the other writing to her from far outside its walls, show passionately - across linguistic and generational divides - that "there is still a common cause worth fighting for." Touching, erudite, and worldly, their correspondence unfolds with poetic urgency "We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search ... Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that gave us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the note A when everyone else is used to hearing G flat." In an extraordinary exchange of letters, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, imprisoned for taking part in Pussy Riot's anti-Putin performance, and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj?i?ek discuss artistic subversion, political activism, and the future of democracy via the ideas of Hegel, Deleuze, Nietzsche, and even Laurie Anderson. Two radicals, one in a Russian forced labor camp, the other writing to her from far outside its walls, show passionately -- across linguistic and generational divides -- that "there is still a common cause worth fighting for." Touching, erudite, and worldly, their correspondence unfolds with poetic urgency. In association with Philosophie Magazine . From the Trade Paperback edition ”We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search ... Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that gave us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the note A when everyone else is used to hearing G flat.” In an extraordinary exchange of letters, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, imprisoned for taking part in Pussy Riot’s anti-Putin performance, and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek discuss artistic subversion, political activism, and the future of democracy via the ideas of Hegel, Deleuze, Nietzsche, and even Laurie Anderson. Two radicals, one in a Russian forced labor camp, the other writing to her from far outside its walls, show passionately – across linguistic and generational divides – that “there is still a common cause worth fighting for.” Touching, erudite, and worldly, their correspondence unfolds with poetic urgency. In association with Philosophie Magazine . "We are the rebels asking for the storm, and believing that truth is only to be found in an endless search ... Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that gave us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the note A when everyone else is used to hearing G flat." In an extraordinary exchange of letters, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, imprisoned for taking part in Pussy Riot's anti-Putin performance, and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek discuss artistic subversion, political activism, and the future of democracy via the ideas of Hegel, Deleuze, Nietzsche, and even Laurie Anderson. Two radicals, one in a Russian forced labor camp, the other writing to her from far outside its walls, show passionately - across linguistic and generational divides - that "there is still a common cause worth fighting for." Touching, erudite, and worldly, their correspondence unfolds with poetic urgency. In association with Philosophie Magazine .