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02507aam a2200337 i 4500 001 4C52DE56328C11EEBDD4A74441ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230804010037 008 221026t20232023enk b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1509556583 020 $a 9781509556588 020 $a 1509556575 020 $a 9781509556571 035 $a (OCoLC)1348633969 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d BECOE $d YDX $d UKOBU $d FIE $d SILO 050 4 $a DK510.76 E85 2023 100 1 $a EÌtkind, Aleksandr, $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a Russia against modernity / $c Alexander Etkind. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b Polity Press, $c 2023. 300 $a 166 pages ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Putin's war is a "special operation" against modernity. The invasion has been directed against Ukraine, but the war has a broader target: the modern world of climate awareness, energy transition and digital labor. By trading oil and gas, promoting Trump and Brexit, spreading corruption, boosting inequality and homophobia, subsidizing far-right movements and destroying Ukraine, Putin's clique aims at suppressing the ongoing transformation of modern societies. Alexander Etkind distinguishes between Russia's pompous, weaponized paleomodernity, on the one hand, and the lean, decentralized gaiamodernity of the Anthropocene, on the other. Putin's clique has used various strategies - from climate denialism and electoral interference to war and genocide - to resist and subvert modernity. Working on political, cultural and even demographic levels, social mechanisms convert the vicious energy of the oil curse into all-out aggression. Dissecting these mechanisms, Etkind's brief but rigorous analyses of social structuration, cultural dynamics and family models reveal the agency that drives the Russian war against modernity. This short, sharp critique of the Russian regime combines political economy, social history and demography to predict the decolonizing and defederating of Russia. -- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x History $y 1991- 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Politics and government $y 1991- 651 0 $a Russia (Federation) $x Civilization $y 21st century. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781509556595 941 $a 2 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20240125011141.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230907012000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4C52DE56328C11EEBDD4A74441ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search