Russia Against Modernity

by Alexander Etkind

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509556583
• ISBN13: 9781509556588
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"