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Architecture of Oblivion by Andreas Schönle, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

From Andreas Schönle

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Architecture of Oblivion by Andreas Schönle, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters
Architecture of Oblivion by Andreas Schönle, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

From Andreas Schönle

Architecture of Oblivion by Andreas Schönle, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

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Despite attempts to promote the aesthetics of ruins in Russia-from Catherine the GreatÆs construction of fake ruins in imperial parks to Josef BrodskyÆs elegiac meditations-ruins have never achieved the status they enjoy in Western Europe. While the Soviet Union was notorious for leveling churches, post-Soviet Russia has only intensified the practice of massive destruction and reconstruction. Architecture of Oblivion examines the role of ruins in the development of RussiaÆs historical consciousness from the 18th century to the present. Investigating the meaning and functions ruins have acquired in Russian culture, Sch\u00f6nle looks at ideological reasons for the current disregard for the value of ruins and historical buildings, in particular by political authorities, and reveals how ruins have often become a site of resistance to official ideology and an invitation to map out alternative visions of history and of statehood. An interdisciplinary study of RussiaÆs response to ruins has never been attempted, although the topic of ruins has garnered considerable interest in Western Europe and in the U. S. This original work from a leading authority on the subject will appeal to historians of Russian culture and thought, literature and art scholars, and general readers interested in ruins. | Architecture of Oblivion by Andreas Schönle, Paper over Board | Indigo Chapters

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