Russian postmodernism. New perspectives on late Soviet and post-Soviet culture

Recent decades have been decisive for Russia not only politically but culturally as well. The end of the Cold War has enabled Russia to take part in the global rise and crystallization of postmodernism. This volume investigates the manifestations of this crucial trend in Russian fiction, poetry, art, and spirituality, demonstrating how Russian postmodernism is its own unique entity. It offers a point of departure and valuable guide to an area of contemporary literary-cultural studies insufficiently represented in English-language scholarship. This second edition includes additional essays on the topic and a new introduction examining the most recent developments. -- Amazon.com The Dialectics Of Hyper : From Modernism To Postmodernism / Mikhail Epstein -- Postmodernism, Communism, And Sots-art / Mikhail Epstein -- The 1960s And The Rediscovery Of The Other In Russian Culture : Andrei Bitov / Slobodanka Vladiv-glover -- Perestroika As A Shift In Literary Paradigm / Alexander Genis -- These On Metarealism And Conceptualism 1983 / Mikhail Epstein -- On Olga Sedakov And Lev Rubinshtein 1984 / Mikhail Epstein -- What Is Metarealism? Facts And Hypotheses 1986 / Mikhail Epstein -- What Is Metabole? (on The Third Trope) 1986 / Mikhail Epstein -- Like A Corpse In The Desert : Dehumanization In The New Moscow Poetry 1987 / Mikhail Epstein -- A Catalogue Of New Poetries 1987 / Mikhail Epstein -- Essayism : An Essay On The Essay 1982 / Mikhail Epstein -- The Ecology Of Thinking 1982 / Mikhail Epstein -- Minimal Religion 1982 / Mikhail Epstein -- The Age Of Universalism 1983 / Mikhail Epstein -- The Paradox Of Acceleration 1985 / Mikhail Epstein -- Archaic Postmodernism : The Aesthetics Of Andrei Sinyavsky / Alexander Genis -- Postmodernism And Sots-realism : From Andrei Sinyavsky To Vladimir Sorokin / Alexander Genis -- Borders And Metamorphoses : Viktor Pelevin In The Context Of Post-soviet Literature / Alexander Genis -- The New Model Of Discource In Post-soviet Fiction : Liudmila Petrushevskaia And Tatiana Tolstaia / Solobodanka Vladiv-glover -- Heterogeneity And The Russian Post-avant-garde : The Excremental Poetics Of Vladimir Sorokin / Slobodanka Vladiv-glover -- Emptiness As A Technique : Word And Image In Ilya Kabakov / Mikhail Epstein -- The Philosophical Implications Of Russian Conceptualism / Mikhail Epstein -- Post-atheism : From Apophaticc Theology To Minimal Religion / Mikhail Epstein -- Onions And Cabbages : Paradigms Of Contemporary Culture / Alexander Genis -- Charms Of Entropy And New Sentimentality : The Myth Of Venedikt Erofeev / Mikhail Epstein -- Conclusion : On The Place Of Postmodernism In Postmodernity / Mikhail Epstein. Mikhail Epstein, Alexander Genis, And Slobodanka Vladiv-glover ; Translated By Slobodanka Vladiv-glover. Translated From The Russian. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Contents Preface to the First Edition Preface to the Second Edition Introduction: "New Sectarianism" and the Pleasure Principle in Postmodern Russian Culture Part I — The Making of Russian Postmodernism Chapter 1 — The Dialectics of Hyper: From Modernism to Postmodernism Chapter 2 — Postmodernism, Communism, and Sots-Art Chapter 3 — The 1960s and the Rediscovery of the Other in Russian Culture Chapter 4 — Perestroika as a Shift in Literary Paradigm Part II — Manifestos of Russian Postmodernism Chapter 5 — Theses on Metarealism and Conceptualism Chapter 6 — On Olga Sedakova and Lev Rubinshtein Chapter 7 — What Is Metarealism? Facts and Hypotheses Chapter 8 — What Is a Metabole? (On the Third Trope) Chapter 9 — Like a Corpse in the Desert: Dehumanization in the New Moscow Poetry Chapter 10 — A Catalogue of New Poetries Chapter 11 — Essayism: An Essay on the Essay Chapter 12 — The Ecology of Thinking Chapter 13 — Minimal Religion Chapter 14 — The Age of Universalism Chapter 15 — The Paradox of Acceleration Part III — Socialist Realism and Postmodernism Chapter 16 — Archaic Postmodernism: The Aesthetics of Andrei Sinyavsky Chapter 17 — Postmodernism and Sots-Realism: From Andrei Sinyavsky to Vladimir Sorokin Chapter 18 — Borders and Metamorphoses: Viktor Pelevin in the Context of Post-Soviet Literature Part IV — Conceptualism Chapter 19 — The New Model of Discourse in Post-Soviet Russian Fiction: Liudmila Petrushevskaia and Tatiana Tolstaia Chapter 20 — Heterogeneity and the Russian Post-Avant-Garde: The Excremental Poetics of Vladimir Sorokin Chapter 21 — Emptiness as a Technique: Word and Image in Ilya Kabakov Chapter 22 — The Philosophical Implications of Russian Conceptualism Part V — Postmodernism and Spirituality Chapter 23 — Post-Atheism: From Apophatic Theology to "Minimal Religion" Chapter 24 — Onions and Cabbages: Paradigms of Contemporary Culture Chapter 25 — Charms of Entropy and New Sentimentality: The Myth of Venedikt Erofeev Conclusion: On the Place of Postmodernism in Postmodernity Select Bibliography Index of Names Index of Subjects Recent decades have been decisive for Russia not only politically but culturally as well. The end of the Cold War has enabled Russia to take part in the global rise and crystallization of postmodernism. This second revised edition investigates the manifestations of this crucial trend in Russian fiction, poetry, art, and spirituality, demonstrating how Russian postmodernism is its own unique entity. It offers a point of departure and valuable guide to an area of contemporary literary-cultural studies insufficiently represented in English-language scholarship. This second edition includes additional essays on the topic and a new introduction examining more contemporary developments