{"product_id":"1985-homo-sovieticus-by-alexander-zinoviev-1st-edition-political-history-book","title":"1985 Homo Sovieticus by Alexander Zinoviev 1st Edition Political History Book","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   1985 Homo Sovieticus by Alexander Zinoviev 1st Edition Political History Book\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    Homo Sovieticus\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    By Alexander Zinoviev\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    Translated by Charles Janson\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd: London 1985 1st British Edition\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cstrong\u003e\n     In Original Unclipped Dustjacket\n    \u003c\/strong\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    \"Homo Sovieticus is one of the major works of Russian philosopher, sociologist and satirist Alexander Zinoviev, examining the distinctive human type he believed had been created by decades of Soviet communist society. Combining fiction, political philosophy and social criticism, Zinoviev centres the work upon a group of Soviet émigrés living in a German pension, each attempting in his own fashion to establish a place in the West. Through their conversations, behaviour and contradictions emerges his provocative concept of homo sovieticus — an adaptable, resourceful and morally flexible product of the Soviet system.\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003cdiv\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n     Zinoviev's satire is directed not only towards Soviet communism but also towards the West and its understanding of its Cold War adversary. Drawing upon his own experience as a Soviet academic, outspoken anti-Stalinist and eventual exile, he challenges Western assumptions concerning Soviet society, emigration and the ideological struggle between East and West. Beneath the humour and deliberate absurdity lies a serious examination of conformity, opportunism, ideology and the capacity of political systems to shape individual character. Zinoviev himself had served as a Soviet military pilot during the Second World War, later becoming a professor and member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences before increasing official harassment culminated in his expulsion from the USSR in 1978.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cdiv\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    Offered here is the 1985 First British Edition, published in London by Victor Gollancz Ltd and translated from the original Russian by Charles Janson. Importantly, the book retains its striking original unclipped dustjacket, still displaying the original £12.95 net price to the front flap. An increasingly interesting Cold War-era work by one of the Soviet Union's most formidable internal critics, Homo Sovieticus stands as both a darkly comic literary creation and a provocative contemporary analysis of Soviet society during the final decade of the USSR.\"\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003cdiv\u003e\n  \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n   \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n    \u003cbr\u003e\n   \u003c\/span\u003e\n  \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv\u003e\n  \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n     Light wear to unclipped dustjacket. Pages clean, crisp and bright. An excellent copy in very good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.\n    \u003c\/span\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/font\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n     \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n        \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n         \u003cbr\u003e\n        \u003c\/span\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n       \u003cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003e\n        Size 23.5cm x 15cm x 2.5cm - 206 Pages\n       \u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n     \u003c\/font\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Antique Books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49308645228683,"sku":null,"price":128.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/0770\/0875\/files\/fe10b496-2e66-4376-a2c3-c60d71708a4c.jpg?v=1788511008","url":"https:\/\/antiquebooksaustralia.com.au\/products\/1985-homo-sovieticus-by-alexander-zinoviev-1st-edition-political-history-book","provider":"Antique Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}