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Comradely Greetings: the Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj Free FREE COMRADELY GREETINGS: THE PRISON LETTERS OF NADYA AND SLAVOJ PDF Nadezhda Tolokonnikova | 112 pages | 30 Sep 2014 | Verso Books | 9781781687734 | English | London, United Kingdom Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj by Slavoj iek | LibraryThing Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj about the problem. Return to Book Page. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova. Two years of prison for Pussy Riot is our tribute to a destiny that Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj us sharp ears, allowing us to sound the note A when everyone else is used to hearing G flat. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published September 30th by Verso first published January 1st More Details Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Comradely Greetingsplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 19, Amin rated it liked it Shelves: philosophypolitics. However, such a feeling didn't last for a long time! Zizek's letters look like misuses of the situation to propagate his own ideological reflections on capitalism and most of his elaborations are not quite relevant to the context! Nadia's letters are more relevant although sometimes it seems they are both showing off! The situations becomes better in the last letters, although I had the feeling Zizek was Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj to 'the others' and not necessarily to Nadya, and directing attention towards the context by referring sporadically to Nadya's points. However, it was quite impressive to what extent an activist can be knowledgeable and Zizek couldn't easily refute her arguments. Apart from these points, there are some ideas and arguments for further thoughts and Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj. Oct 07, Jonfaith rated it it was amazing Shelves: theory. Sometimes it simply floors you with sparse genius. Comradely Greetings was such an experience. Returning to work after holiday, each day brought more rain, more concerns, turbulent slumber: more or less, a return to the normal. This heightened exchan. This heightened exchange conjured thinking but it also shed necessary light on those who commit, to whom the political and human are not just theory or simply a posture. Tolokonnikova depicts her treatment and the conditions of her fellow prisoners in her forced labor sentence. Such is simply harrowing. Mandela is eulogized. Ultimately Putin relased the Pussy Riot members to keep a straight face during the Olympics, then the Ukraine and Edward Snowden fogged up the mirror. As I type this, I cling to some optimism View all 3 comments. Jan 03, Declan rated it it was amazing Shelves: eastern-europerussiapolitical. This series of dialogues conducted, despite many obstacles, by letter between the imprisoned member of Pussy Riot and the Slovenian philosopher is both terrifically insightful in its analysis of recent, and historical, events and a revelation in the way we learn about the theoretical underpinning to the actions of the Pussy Riot members. It is hugely impressive to see Nadezhda Tolokonnikova fluidly and clear-sightedly argue points with Zizek, as is her ability to quote from many works of theor This series of dialogues conducted, despite many obstacles, by letter between the imprisoned member of Pussy Riot and the Slovenian philosopher is both terrifically insightful in its analysis of recent, and historical, events and a revelation Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj the way we learn about the theoretical underpinning to the actions of the Pussy Riot members. It is hugely impressive to see Nadezhda Tolokonnikova fluidly and clear-sightedly argue points with Zizek, as is her ability to quote from many works of theory and philosophy given that she must have had limited access to books during her time in prison. The prison regime required her to work at sewing uniforms for sixteen to seventeen hours a day, which left time for sleep and little else. Yet - in an exchange I especially liked - she has no wish to reply to Zizek's questions about the conditions she has to endure: "Don't waste your time worrying about giving in to theoretical fabrications while I supposedly suffer "empirical deprivations". There's value to me in these inviolable limits, in my being tested this way. There are many times too when the discussion is less tied to purely theoretical points and more to engaging with the evnts that are unfolding at the time they are exchanging letters: the riots in Istanbul and Ukraine; the revelations of Snowdon and Manning; the reign of Putin and the death of Nelson Mandela. It is fascinating and perceptive at very turn. Jan 17, AC rated it it was amazing Shelves: marxism-neomarxismphilosophy-contemporary, zizek. An outstanding little book. A fine debate about the nature of "late" capitalism as rhizome or hierarchy. Far more with Serge and Souvarine than with Stalin. An excellent primer. Two big thumbs up. Dec 26, David rated it it was amazing Shelves: read A revelation. I enjoy Zizek, Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj, and have found his work useful in peeling back some of the more insidious layers of illusion that surround us. But the real revelation here is Nadya Tolokonnikova, one of the previously imprisoned members of Pussy Riot. I'd meant, for some time, to do more and better reading on Pussy Riot. My initial impression of their protest in the church the one for which Nadya and two of her fellow Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj were imprisoned was positive. It seemed a garish but ultimately A revelation. It is worth savoring the deep irony there, too, of Dostoevsky's old parable of the Grand Inquisitor with its critique of the Catholic Church for its love of power to the point where the Grand Inquisitor insists that Christ himself erred in refusing the Devil's tempting offer of worldly power. Here now we see the Orthodox Church that Dostoevsky so loved repeating the same move. But I digress. Here, in passionate and clear words, Tolokonnikova explains Pussy Riot's stance, what it sees as the stakes, and demonstrated in the process a wonderful understanding of how complex and all-encompassing the problems are. If you're worried that this is Comradely Greetings: The Prison Letters of Nadya and Slavoj mismatch in terms of revolutionary and philosophical firepower, you've nothing to fear. Tolokonnikova goes toe to toe with Slavoj on a few issues, and comes out looking fabulous. It's nice to see this side of Zizek, too, the side that has someone to talk back to him unlike in the endless torrent of words and texts that he usually generates and that must make concessions here and there, and clarify his meaning in places where he has perhaps allowed his usual flow to get away from him. All of this in just over pages. If you've been meaning to investigate Zizek, or Pussy Riot, or the complexities that are rising all over the world Egypt, Greece, Ukraine, Russia, Snowden, Manning, CIA torture this is a great way to hit the ground running. Highly recommended. View all 4 comments. Aug 30, Stewart Home rated it did not like it. One can understand that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, as a victim of a vicious repression a member of the Pussy Riot 'punk' collective jailed for performing an anti-Putin songneeded all the support she could get - up to and including that of celebrity intellectuals like Slavoj Zizek. The later, of course, needs to support worthy in this case and not so worthy in other cases causes in order to shore up his ridiculous public persona. Among other things Tolokonnikova usefully describes the prison One can understand that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, as a victim of a vicious repression a member of the Pussy Riot 'punk' collective jailed for performing an anti-Putin songneeded all the support she could get - up to and including that of celebrity intellectuals like Slavoj Zizek. Among other things Tolokonnikova usefully describes the prison conditions she suffered after being persecuted by the Putin regime. Unfortunately she contributes fewer words to this mercifully short publication than Zizek. By falsely portraying Nazism as monolithic these two creeps may end up making their liberal readers feel helpless when confronted by fascism. Zizek and his fellow celebrity intellectuals like Alain de Botton are an utter joke. View all 7 comments. Jun 01, Malcolm rated it it was amazing Shelves: activismmarxism-and-the-left. Not surprisingly, this group of cultural activists become the subject of a major police hunt for the alleged blasphemy. The significance outside Russia was that this event introduced Pussy Riota situationist and widespread activist collective, to a world beyond those of us who watch this kind of cultural activism, left politics or Russian oppositionism. Shortly afterward, three members of the collective were arrested. Pussy Riot, throughout its activist interventions, has shown itself to be politically savvy and intellectually and philosophically sharp. What is so great about these letters — exchanged for the most part while Tolokonnikova was imprisoned — is that she comes out as the sharper, more engaged and potent critic, not just of Putin or Russia, but of Left criticism and activism.
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