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| − | "[I]t is misleading to read today's Russian situation as one in which a proper balance must be struck ebtween the two extremes: the Communist legacy of social solidarity, an the cruel game of open-market competition: the key feature of the Russian post-Communist situation is a direct pact (coincidence, even) between the darkest remainders of the past (secret KGB funds) and the most ruthless of the new capitalists - the emblematic figure of today's Russia is an ex-KGB apparatchik turned private banker with shady underground connections....<ref>Žižek, S. (2000) [[The Fragile Absolute]], or Why the Christian Legacy is Worth Fighting For, London and New York: Verso. p.62</ref></blockquote> | + | "[I]t is misleading to read today's Russian [[situation]] as one in which a proper [[balance]] must be struck ebtween the two extremes: the [[Communist]] legacy of [[social]] [[solidarity]], an the cruel [[game]] of open-[[market]] competition: the key feature of the Russian post-Communist situation is a direct pact (coincidence, even) between the darkest remainders of the [[past]] ([[secret]] KGB funds) and the most ruthless of the new capitalists - the emblematic [[figure]] of today's [[Russia]] is an ex-KGB apparatchik turned private banker with shady underground connections....<ref>Žižek, S. (2000) [[The Fragile Absolute]], or Why the [[Christian]] Legacy is Worth Fighting For, [[London]] and New York: Verso. p.62</ref></blockquote> |
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Latest revision as of 21:13, 20 May 2019
"[I]t is misleading to read today's Russian situation as one in which a proper balance must be struck ebtween the two extremes: the Communist legacy of social solidarity, an the cruel game of open-market competition: the key feature of the Russian post-Communist situation is a direct pact (coincidence, even) between the darkest remainders of the past (secret KGB funds) and the most ruthless of the new capitalists - the emblematic figure of today's Russia is an ex-KGB apparatchik turned private banker with shady underground connections....[1]
- ↑ Žižek, S. (2000) The Fragile Absolute, or Why the Christian Legacy is Worth Fighting For, London and New York: Verso. p.62
