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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Russia’s lack of introspection left the nation at a disadvantage as society began changing rapidly in the late 1980s.
Chapter 3: When the Communist Party crumbled, efforts sought to better define the typical Russian.
Chapter 4: Throughout the 1990s, after the Soviet Union’s collapse, conditions were primed for an authoritarian takeover to emerge there.
Chapter 5: In post-Soviet Russia, citizens faced rising poverty and deepening levels of stratification.
Chapter 6: Nostalgia for the Soviet era swelled as the Chechen war badly battered Yeltsin’s presidency.
Chapter 7: Confronting economic collapse and bombings, Vladimir Putin seized the spotlight with firm resolve.
Chapter 8: In the name of stability, Putin swiftly advanced measures edging further toward authoritarianism.
Chapter 9: After stepping down, Putin reclaimed the presidency amid controversy in 2012.
Chapter 10: As the Kremlin cracked down on protests, lawmakers advanced new anti-homosexual measures.
Chapter 11: As new laws passed and people were killed, stability dissolved and fear took hold across Russia.
Description
The Future Is History (2017) tackles the complex issue of Russia’s love/hate relationship with democracy. By looking at the lives of a select few, Masha Gessen takes us from the collapse of the Communist Party to deep within the activism of the Putin era – all in an attempt to show us how and why Russia’s modern brand of totalitarianism came about.
Who Should Listen
- Readers curious about Russian politics
- Students of sociology and world politics
- History buffs