New episode of "Erofeev Forever" featuring Ekaterina Shulman on the Golos Berlina YouTube chan...
New episode of "Erofeev Forever" featuring Ekaterina Shulman on the YouTube channel "Golos Berlina"
Why is autocracy winning again, and what happens in such a system not only to politics but to literature as well? What keeps the Russian authorities afloat even when they look exhausted? Why does a country that talks so much about the state still live without a real parliament?
Viktor Erofeyev talks about this with Ekaterina Shulman, and also about the 1990s, disillusionment with politics, emigration, the secret police as the foundation of the system, and how power affects language, culture, and the very space of literature.
Our conversation is not only about today's Russia, but also about its future, political and cultural.
Watch the new episode on the Golos Berlina YouTube channel
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A State Heavy on Talk, Light on Parliament
Autocracy wins, and the country still lives without a real parliament.
The state remains strongest as a topic.