Dynamising Things: Essays on Objects, Relations, and People by Serguei Oushakine

Dynamising Things: Essays on Objects, Relations, and People by Serguei Oushakine

Using diverse historical and ethnographic materials, this collection explores the various relationships between people and things that were actively fostered during the seven decades of Soviet socialism. It demonstrates how things, not always fully socialist, energized social relations, shaped communities, cultivated new identities, objectified emerging attitudes, and provoked affective attachments. In particular, this collection pays close attention to what Viktor Shklovsky, the founder of Russian Formalism, called “long-term things”—palpable, non-fictitious objects that refuse to disappear, insisting instead on their active presence and enduring relevance.

Serguei Oushakine is Professor of Anthropology and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University. His research deals with Soviet and post-Soviet cultures in Eurasia. His current projects include a study of early Soviet pedagogy of images, and the history of Russian Formalism.

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ISBN 13	9789004760356
ISBN 10	9004760350
Title	Dynamising Things: Essays on Objects, Relations, and People
Author	Serguei Alex Oushakine
Series	Historical Materialism Book Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Brill
Year published	2026-07-09
Number of pages	620
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