We Modern People: Science Fiction and the Making of Russian Modernity

by Anindita Banerjee

How science fiction forged a unique Russian vision of modernity distinct from Western models

Science fiction emerged in Russia considerably earlier than its English version and instantly became the hallmark of Russian modernity. We Modern People investigates why science fiction appeared here, on the margins of Europe, before the genre had even been named, and what it meant for people who lived under conditions that Leon Trotsky famously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819573345
• ISBN13: 9780819573346
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher