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OverviewThe second part of Valery Podoroga's Masterly work on the the politics of literature and how it is used to construct the world. With a focus on the revolutionary works of Andrei Platonov and the futurist collective Oberiu, Podoroga shows how profoundly the soviet experiment overturned the traditional expectation of fiction and poetry. And how the production of this work was intensely interwoven with the political and historical debates of the times. This volume expands on his critical explanation of the analytic anthropology of literature. He explores how literature can be used in 'world-building', both in what happens inside the narrative but also in the way it reflects the external world. He also probes how the work functions outside of its times: both as a means to project into the future, and as a document of a former age. How are we to read the past through these works of the imagination? With an introduction essay from the author's daughter, Ioulia Podoroga, and a preface from Frederic James. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Valery Podoroga , Ioulia Podoroga , Evgeni V. PavlovPublisher: Verso Books Imprint: Verso Books Weight: 0.218kg ISBN: 9781804294895ISBN 10: 1804294896 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 02 July 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Analytical Anthropology of Literature by Ioulia Podoroga PART I. Eunuch of the Soul Introduction: Homo ex machina 1 Positions of Reading 2 History as Nature 3 The Inventor of Machines PART II. The Fainting of the World Introduction: Fear of High Noon 1 Alea: A General Theory of Chance 2 Reverse Rotation 3 Conversations: A Community of Friends in TimeReviewsPodoroga has long been heralded as a quasi-patron saint of post-Soviet philosophy. . . Podoroga liberates classics of Russian literature from questions of historicism or fidelity to an external reality. * Marxism and Philosophy * Author InformationValery Podoroga was a leading figure at the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Science until his death in 2020. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |