The Russian soul does not exist
E-book, Czech
The Russian soul does not exist
What do we know about today's Russia and where did it come from? An interview with cultural historian Tomáš Glanc.
“I certainly didn't expect a war of this scale to happen, and I think no one, or almost no one, did. Russian propaganda was already spouting so much aggressive nonsense before the war that it had become a kind of folklore. One moment the Russians are reconquering Berlin or Warsaw, the next they're restoring their sphere of influence within the borders of the USSR or the entire Soviet bloc. First they're stripping the USA of its privileged position in global politics, then they're creating a new world of traditional values with China and Iran, free of gays, lesbians, and political opposition. It seemed like mythical obfuscation or ideological visionaryism. Today we know that, unfortunately, they were serious. And in the case of Ukraine, it turned out that many of those absurdities about 'Anti-Russia' and genocide, which had been introduced into public debate since 2004, were very quickly transformed by the establishment into a war doctrine, and the bombing began. Whoever expected and knew this, let them show where they described and named it. Perhaps such cases exist, but I think that if they do, they are very rare.” (excerpt from the chapter The Turn No One Saw Coming)
Tomáš Glanc
Tomáš Glanc (*1969) is a Slavist who specialises in the cultural history of Eastern Europe, particularly Russian literature and visual art, the avant-garde, the underground, and contemporary cultural phenomena. He also focuses on the relationship between poetry and performance, Slavic ideology, and cultural and intellectual transfer. He graduated from Charles University, where he later taught and, from 2000 to 2003, directed the newly founded Institute of Slavonic and East European Studies. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Konstanz. From 2005 to 2007, he was the director of the Czech Centre in Moscow. He has held various positions at universities in Bremen, Basel, Novosibirsk, and at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Since 2015, he has been working at the Department of Slavonic Studies at the University of Zurich. He also works as a curator of Czech and international exhibitions, a translator, and a cultural journalist. He is the author, co-author, and editor of numerous books and articles and a member of many Czech and international editorial and academic boards.
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