This Is Not That
Collection of essays by Oxana Timofeeva
Collection of essays by Oxana Timofeeva
ORIGINAL TITLE: Это не то
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: Ivan Limbakh, 2022
216 PAGES
RIGHTS SOLD: German (Matthes & Seitz)
ORIGINAL PUBLISHER: Ivan Limbakh, 2022
216 PAGES
RIGHTS SOLD: German (Matthes & Seitz)
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“In Russian, there is a term for “civilians” that translates literally as “those who live in peace.” Paradoxically, this word that combines “life” and “peace” is applied precisely to those who reside in conflict zones. “Those who live in peace” are counterposed to the military, as if the real confrontation was not between two states and armies, but between the armies that wage war, and civilians, who, by definition, live in peace, and all the more persist in doing so when the situation is most desperate.”
A collection of essays on war, prostitution, sex, depression, power and knowledge, that sheds light on the contemporary maux of Russian society and powerfully captures the transition of the last years into a place of non-return.
With wit and acute observation, Oxana Timofeeva explores the interconnectedness of phenomenons that nothing seems to unite — war and pornography, cats and bureaucracy, divine and pandemics — all while weaving an intimate narrative into the canvas of the last years' history.
With wit and acute observation, Oxana Timofeeva explores the interconnectedness of phenomenons that nothing seems to unite — war and pornography, cats and bureaucracy, divine and pandemics — all while weaving an intimate narrative into the canvas of the last years' history.
Oxana Timofeeva, whose deeply dialectical work moves between posthumanism, feminism, and Marxism, is one of the most original voices in contemporary philosophy.
— Alenka Zupančič, author of Ethics of the Real: Kant and Lacan (Verso)