Peter Deutschmann / Jens Herlth / Alois Woldan (eds.)

»Truth« and Fiction

Conspiracy Theories in Eastern European Culture and Literature

Several of the most prolific and influential conspiracy theories have originated in Eastern Europe. The far reaching influence of conspiracy narratives can be observed in recent developments in Poland or with regard to the wars waged in Eastern Ukraine and in former Yugoslavia. This volume analyses the history behind this widespread phenomenon as well the role it has played in Eastern European cultures and literature both past and present.

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3 August 2020, 384 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-4650-4

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Author(s): Peter Deutschmann / Jens Herlth / Alois Woldan (eds.)
Book title: »Truth« and Fiction Conspiracy Theories in Eastern European Culture and Literature
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Pages: 384
Features: kart., Dispersionsbindung, 1 SW-Abbildung, 8 Farbabbildungen

ISBN: 978-3-8376-4650-4
DOI: 10.14361/9783839446508
Commodity Group: 1568
BIC-Code: DSB HBTB
BISAC-Code: LIT004110 HIS054000 LIT000000
THEMA-Code: DSB NHTB

Release date: 3 August 2020
Edition
Topics: Kulturgeschichte, Literatur
Readership: Cultural History, Sociology, Literary Studies, Slavic Studies, Media Studies

Keywords/Tags: Conspiracy Theory, Eastern Europe, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Russia, Poland, Yugoslavia, Literature, Cultural History, Slavic Studies, General Literature Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies

»Truth« and Fiction

Overview Chapters

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

RUSSIA/UKRAINE

Conspiracy Theories, Discourse Analysis and Narratology

The News and What Is Behind It: Social Disorder and Conspirational Reading in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature

Be on the Lookout! Soviet Conspiracy Drama of the 1920s and 1930s

Alternative Constructions of Reality in Maksim Kurochkin's Play Medea Type Fighter

"Thinking Spiritually" about the Last Tsar's Murder: Religious Discourse and Conspiracy Theories in Late Soviet Russia

Alternative Healing Practices, Conspiracy Theory, and Social Trust in Post-Soviet Russia

The Dulles Plan for Russia: Conspiracy Theories and Moral Panics in Post-Soviet Societies

Conspiracy Theory and Neoconservative PR Strategies in the 2000−2010s: The Case of Aleksandr Prokhanov

Plots against Russia: Conspiracy, Sincerity, and Propaganda

Odessa 2014: Alternative News and Atrocity Narratives on Russian TV

THE CZECH REPUBLIC

After the Final Full-Stop: Conspiracy Theories vs. Aesthetic Response in Miloš Urban's Poslední tečka za rukopisy (The Final Full-Stop after the Manuscripts)

Trauma, Conspiracy, Memento: Representations of the Munich Crisis in Czech Cinema

POLAND

Treason and Conspiracy at the Polish-Ukrainian Border—Sava Chalyi/Sawa Czały

Norwid's Critique of Conspiratorial Reason

Truth under Attack, or the Construction of Conspiratorial Discourses after the Smolensk Plane Crash

Wallenrodian Conspiracy Revisited Twice and Not Quite: Marcin Wolski's Wallenrod and Szczepan Twardoch's Wieczny Grunwald

(POST-)YUGOSLAVIA

"The Conspiracy, or the Roots of the Disintegration of European Society." Danilo Kiš's Fictionalization of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Spying on the Balkan Spy. Paranoia and Conspiracy in the Works of Dušan Kovačević

Books and Leeches: Conspiracy Theory in Yugoslav and Post-Yugoslav Literatures

Contributors

Peter Deutschmann

Jens Herlth

Alois Woldan