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"Once again, therefore, Russia and eastern Europe serves as an imaginary space in which western nations can play out their own crises of identity, without havin
by galfarragem 11y ago
"Once again, therefore, Russia and eastern Europe serves as an imaginary space in which western nations can play out their own crises of identity, without having to confront them directly."
Great quote. After having lived in East Europe for some years this completely matches my experience.
- Shivetya 11y agoHow much of this is driven by the the stories of dystopian futures mostly coming out of the West during the Cold War? The Soviet architecture for the most part had been portrayed as brutal and without feeling, similar to the huge Nazi works of WW2. Yet there is a lot of beautiful construction in these areas, we just couldn't relate to the lifestyles portrayed of those who lived there.