(Hardback)

Examines the work of Rasputin, Aitmatov, Voynovich and Vladimov - four major writers who represent many aspects of political and cultural developments in the USSR and demonstrate the diversity and richness of contemporary Russian writing. This book includes an introductory chapter that considers important trends in Russian literature.

(Hardback)

Examining the major works of some of the Russian writers who came to prominence since 1985, when Gorbachev abolished all literary controls, this book contends that 'alternative prose' deserves serious critical attention. It states that this prose aligns itself more with Western literature and re-discovers pre-Stalinist literary trends.

(Hardback)

Examines the relationship between aesthetics and politics based on the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995) and Pierre-Felix Guattari (1930-1992). This title analyses the relationship between art and social-political life and considers in what ways the aesthetic and political connect to each other.

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Ideology draws on the social, political and cultural theory of Jurgen Habermas, Gilles Deleuze and Slavoj Zizek in order to explore the possibility of developing a 'critical conception of ideology'. The book is concerned with two main themes: the relationship of ideology to the 'real' and the relationship between ideology and the 'ethical'.

(Hardback)

Ideology draws on the social, political and cultural theory of Jurgen Habermas, Gilles Deleuze and Slavoj Zizek in order to explore the possibility of developing a 'critical conception of ideology'. The book is concerned with two main themes: the relationship of ideology to the 'real' and the relationship between ideology and the 'ethical'.