Boris Lanin

Boris Lanin has taught literature and rhetoric in Russia, UK, Japan, Hungary, and the USA. His current position is Head of Literature and Principal Research Professor at the Russian Academy of Education (Moscow).

Project Summary

Symbols of Power and Political Rhetoric in NIS: The Montage of Attractions in Totalitarian and Post-Soviet Culture examines semiological aspects of the project of political culture in the post-Soviet NIS. The study focuses on the emergence, character, and social functions of the symbolic and discursive polarization between new authorities and the populace, as reflected in public ceremonies, demonstrations, open public meetings, and spectacles.