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  • Self-Destruction of Complex Systems

    Communicative and Structural Aspects

    Edited by Kirill Postoutenko ...
    Series series Complexity in Social Science
    This book is the first attempt to provide a general theory of self-destruction in complex systems applicable to natural, social and cultural phenomena.The contributors work collaboratively to prove that many of the nondistributed complex systems in nature and society sooner or later experience critical development leading to unintended and irreversible self-annihilation. The individual chapters ... Read more

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  • Beyond 'Hellenes' and 'Barbarians'

    Asymmetrical Concepts in European Discourse

    Edited by Kirill Postoutenko ...
    Series Book 8 - European Conceptual History
    Forty years ago, German historian Reinhart Koselleck coined the notion of ‘asymmetrical concepts’, pointing at the asymmetry between standard self-ascriptions, such as ‘Hellenes’ or ‘Christians’, and pejorative other-references (‘Barbarians’ or ‘Pagans’) as a powerful weapon of cultural and political domination. Advancing and refining Koselleck’s approach, Beyond ‘Hellenes’ and ‘Barbarians’ ... Read more

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  • Media and Communication in the Soviet Union (1917–1953)

    General Perspectives

    Series series History (R0)
    This book provides a systematic account of media and communication development in Soviet society from the October Revolution to the death of Stalin. Summarizing earlier research and drawing upon previously unpublished archival materials, it covers the main aspects of public and private interaction in the Soviet Union, from public broadcast to kitchen gossip.The first part of the volume covers ... Read more

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  • Ruler Personality Cults from Empires to Nation-States and Beyond

    Symbolic Patterns and Interactional Dynamics

    Series series Routledge Studies in Modern History
    Encompassing five continents and twenty centuries, this book puts ruler personality cults on the crossroads of disciplines rarely, if ever, juxtaposed before: among its authors are historians, linguists, media scholars, political scientists and communication sociologists from Europe, the United States and New Zealand. However, this breadth and versatility are not goals in themselves. Rather, they ... Read more

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  • The Burden of the Past

    History, Memory, and Identity in Contemporary Ukraine

    Essays on how chaos, totalitarianism, and trauma have shaped Ukraine's culture: "A milestone of the scholarship about Eastern European politics of memory." —Wulf Kansteiner, Aarhus UniversityIn a century marked by totalitarian regimes, genocide, mass migrations, and shifting borders, the concept of memory in Eastern Europe is often synonymous with notions of trauma. In Ukraine, memory mechanisms ... Read more

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    Past and Present

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