Ilya Repin. What Freedom! 1903 The events of 2013–14 — the annexation of Crimea, military intervention in Ukraine, the passing of the ‘anti-gay propaganda’ legislation, to name just a few — brought Russia, for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union, to the epicentre of worldwide media attention. A newly aggressive and militantly ‘anti-western’ stance elicited both positive and negative reactions across the globe, but equally it prompted a sense of confusion.

Commentary by Nina Alexandrova: Anna Aksenova's poems are about internal emigration, which never ends - even if it turns into external emigration. Only the scenery changes in it, but you yourself, your fear of unknown political evil, of violence and absurdity, which constitutes the very essence of reality, will always remain inside, will always remain with you. After all, the homeland is not just a construct, it is practically you yourself.

dedicated to everything that happened to me. every person, every object, every emotion, every touch, every reality and virtuality, every word, every impression, every experience. to the whole world. The poem may be naive, but should that have stopped me?

Illustration by Evgeny Stashkov The text exists phanetically under the name of structural compression of the edges of interaction of small forms of alienation at the limit of the post-Soviet lake of economic phantoms. The material was published in the 7th issue of the magazine “Zdes” The play “Sincerely” was written according to the editorial assignment: Acting out any text materials created by the author in the form of a play.

From February 8 to April 3, the New Tretyakov Gallery will host the exhibition “Anton Vidokle. Citizens of Space”, dedicated to the study of the influence of cosmism on the 20th century. February 13, as part of the program “I don’t like that I’m mortal. Part 1”, which will take place at the Illusion cinema, will feature a screening of one of Anton Vidokle’s recent projects, filmed mainly in Japan (and a little in Ukraine), called “Citizens of Space” (2019).

Stills from “Citizens of the Cosmos” (2019). Collage: Viktor Belozerov From February 8 to April 3, an exhibition “Anton Vidokle. Citizens of the Cosmos” opens in the space of the New Tretyakov Gallery, dedicated to the study of the influence of cosmism on the 20th century. On February 13 within the framework of the program “Мне не нравится, что я смертен. Часть 1”, one of Anton Vidokle’s recent projects called “Citizens of the Cosmos” (2019) will be shown.

Eva Illouz is a professor of sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the author of books on sociology that have been translated into more than 18 languages. Her works, such as “Consuming Romantic Utopia: Love and the Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism,” “Chilled Intimacy: Emotional Capitalism in Action,” and “Why Does Love Hurt? Sociological explanation".

Engels in the initial phase of the fragmentation of Marxism In previous articles we introduced, but Jesuitically kept silent about the content of the term “fragmentary Marxism” ( or “Marxist fragments” ). To understand the meaning of our project of “critical cartography” of thought after Marx and a new step on this thorny route, we will dwell in more detail on the logical and historical content of the “Marxist fragments”.