Soviet Civilization

Soviet civilization
AuthorSergei Kara-Murza
Original titleRussian: Советская цивилизация
LanguageRussian
PublisherAlgoritm
Publication date2001
Publication placeRussia
Media typePrint (hardback)

Soviet Civilization (Russian: Советская цивилизация) is a 2001 collection of writings by Russian author Sergei Kara-Murza.[1] The book was a bestseller.[2][3]

The book was included by Eksmo Publishing House in the book series “Classics of Russian Thought”.[4][5][6]

Description

The author's opus magnum,[7] the book has gone through several reprints.[8] The author himself considered it his best work.[8] The book is permeated with anti-Western sentiments and bitterness over the collapse of the “Soviet [social] order”.[1] The author criticizes elements of Eurocentrism in Lenin's thought.[8]

Criticism

The book was criticized by Mikhail Veller, calling it a lie.[9]

Influence

This and his other book, Manipulation of Consciousness, influenced the writer Zakhar Prilepin.[10]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Kazharski, Aliaksei (April 10, 2019). "Eurasian Integration and the Russian World: Regionalism as an Identitiary Enterprise". Central European University Press – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Ю.ф, Зуев (January 5, 2018). "К ВОПРОСУ О ПРИЧИНАХ РАСПАДА СОЮЗА ССР С ТОЧКИ ЗРЕНИЯ КЛАССОВОЙ ТЕОРИИ ГОСУДАРСТВА". Актуальные проблемы гуманитарных и естественных наук (3): 32–39 – via cyberleninka.ru.
  3. ^ "Кара-Мурза С., Осипов Г. / СССР - цивилизация будущего. Инновации Сталина". urss.ru.
  4. ^ "Сергей КАРА-МУРЗА". webkamerton.ru.
  5. ^ "«Мягкая сила» и «управляемый хаос» - инструменты современной мировой политики" ["Soft power" and "controlled chaos" - tools modern world politics] (PDF) (in Russian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2025-04-16.
  6. ^ "Кара-Мурза Сергей Георгиевич". www.directmedia.ru.
  7. ^ Novikova, Kateryna (January 6, 2014). "Naśladownictwo vs wyjątkowość: wybrane cechy cywilizacji radzieckiej w dziele Siergieja Kara-Murzy / Imitation vs uniqueness: selected features of the Soviet civilization in the work of Sergey Kara-Murza". Forum Socjologiczne UWr – via www.academia.edu.
  8. ^ a b c Novikova, Kateryna (December 31, 2014). "Naśladownictwo vs wyjątkowość: wybrane cechy cywilizacji radzieckiej w dziele Siergieja Kara-Murzy". Forum Socjologiczne. 5: 107–122 – via wuwr.pl.
  9. ^ "Читать "Черный Принц политической некрофилии" - Веллер Михаил Иосифович - ЛитМир Club". Литмир - электронная библиотека.
  10. ^ "Умер российский ученый Сергей Кара-Мурза". Vedomosti (in Russian). 18 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.


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