Libri di Gian Piero Piretto

What do 20 words stolen from history reveal about Putin's country? This book is not a cold political analysis, but a glimpse into today's life in Russia. Once upon a time, there were words that described the identity of a population. Sobornost’, the spiritual union between individuals; prostór, the boundless space that attracted and repelled with its immensity; stabìl’nost’, the stability and reliability of a system of government. For centuries, these concepts shaped Russian literature, philosophy, and collective memory. Today, those words speak another language. Gian Piero Piretto explores twenty key words of Russian culture, highlighting their original meaning and showing how they have been reinterpreted and exploited by Putin's propaganda. He dismantles stereotypes and monolithic narratives, compares past and present, and offers an unprecedented portrait of contemporary Russia, beyond ideological manipulation and established clichés. An unpublished portrait of contemporary Russia.