Informationen zum Autor Sergei Medvedev is a Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki and a Professor at the Charles University in Prague. Klappentext In this timely and incisive book, Sergei Medvedev argues that Russia's war in Ukraine was not merely a whim of Putin's obsession: rather, it was the result of two decades of authoritarian degradation and post-imperial ressentiment, a culmination of Putin's regime and of Russia's entire imperial history. Building on his prize-winning book The Return of the Russian Leviathan, Medvedev argues that it was not only Putin that started this war, but Russia itself, which, by and large, has imagined and embraced it with enthusiasm, seeking to relive its own military glory and colonial past. Zusammenfassung In this timely and incisive book, Sergei Medvedev argues that Russia's war in Ukraine was not merely a whim of Putin's obsession: rather, it was the result of two decades of authoritarian degradation and post-imperial ressentiment, a culmination of Putin's regime and of Russia's entire imperial history. Building on his prize-winning book The Return of the Russian Leviathan, Medvedev argues that it was not only Putin that started this war, but Russia itself, which, by and large, has imagined and embraced it with enthusiasm, seeking to relive its own military glory and colonial past. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Method in this Madness Part I. The Anatomy of Violence The State Came After the Body Back to 1937 The Final Diagnosis People as 'The New Oil' The Zoos of Terror The Generator of Entropy Part II. The Memory Crusad Kolyma by the Kremlin Memorial to Russian Resentment Thus Spake Zhirinovsky The Offering Made to the Ninth of May A Long Farewell to Empire Part III. The War Nation The Zombie Apocalypse Revenge of the Underground Man The Z Virus Russia Inside Out Mobilization as Russian Fate The Age of the Sledgehammer War as a National Idea The Unfinished Work of 1945 Notes Index...

Autorentext

Sergei Medvedev is a Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki and a Professor at the Charles University in Prague.

Klappentext

In this timely and incisive book, Sergei Medvedev argues that Russia's war in Ukraine was not merely a whim of Putin's obsession: rather, it was the result of two decades of authoritarian degradation and post-imperial ressentiment, a culmination of Putin's regime and of Russia's entire imperial history. Building on his prize-winning book The Return of the Russian Leviathan, Medvedev argues that it was not only Putin that started this war, but Russia itself, which, by and large, has imagined and embraced it with enthusiasm, seeking to relive its own military glory and colonial past.

Inhalt

Introduction. Method in this Madness

Part I. The Anatomy of Violence

The State Came After the Body

Back to 1937

The Final Diagnosis

People as 'The New Oil'

The Zoos of Terror

The Generator of Entropy

Part II. The Memory Crusad

Kolyma by the Kremlin

Memorial to Russian Resentment

Thus Spake Zhirinovsky

The Offering Made to the Ninth of May

A Long Farewell to Empire

Part III. The War Nation

The Zombie Apocalypse

Revenge of the Underground Man

The Z Virus

Russia Inside Out

Mobilization as Russian Fate

The Age of the Sledgehammer

War as a National Idea

The Unfinished Work of 1945

Notes

Index