The Post-Soviet Politics of Utopia: Language, Fiction and Fantasy in Modern Russia - Paperback

by Mikhail Suslov (Editor), Per-Arne Bodin (Editor)

More than 700 'utopian' novels are published in Russia every year. These utopias - meaning here fantasy fiction, science fiction, space operas or alternative history - do not set out merely to titillate; instead they express very real Russian anxieties: be they territorial right-sizing, loss of imperial status or turning into a 'colony' of the West.

Author Biography

Per-Arne Bodin is Professor of Slavic Languages at Stockholm University.

Mikhail Suslov is Assistant Professor of Russian History and Politics at University of Copenhagen.