Machiavellianism for Gynguanii. Book Review: Barkova, Anna. Eight Chapters of Madness. Prose. Diaries.

  • Александр Никулин Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, 82 Prospect Vernadskogo, Moscow, 119571, Russia
Keywords: state, communism, liberalism, social stratification, intelligentsia, Anna Barkova, fascism, mass culture, Machiavellianism, anti-utopia, freedom

Abstract

With regard to the analysis of main events of her life, topics and heroes of her prose and diaries review attempts to reconstruct poet Barkova’s political and philosophical worldview for which Machiavelli and image of Faust were peculiar reference points for understanding of alternative ways of human history.

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Published
2011-03-09
How to Cite
НикулинА. (2011). Machiavellianism for Gynguanii. Book Review: Barkova, Anna. Eight Chapters of Madness. Prose. Diaries. Russian Sociological Review, 9(1), 84-89. Retrieved from https://cfjournal.hse.ru/index.php/sociologica/article/view/419
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Book reviews