Homo Sovieticus and the Wily Man: Truth, Ambition, & Compromise in Putin's Russia | Joshua Yaffa
Hidden Forces3 Feb 2020

Homo Sovieticus and the Wily Man: Truth, Ambition, & Compromise in Putin's Russia | Joshua Yaffa

In Episode 121, of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Joshua Yaffa, a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker about what life is like in Putin's Russia. Yaffa's latest book on the subject is a fascinating inquiry into the Soviet and post-Soviet personality type that sustains the state's power and Vladimir Putin's place atop it.

Joshua Yaffa's new book is titled, "Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin's Russia." It's a book about life in modern Russia that pulls both from the country's history, as well as from a large body of sociological research into the Soviet and post-Soviet personality type whose "habits, inclinations, and internal moral calculations," according to Joshua "elevated Vladimir Putin to his current position and which now perform the small, daily work that, in aggregate, keeps him there."

This conversation is one of the more nuanced you are bound to hear on the subject of Russia, Putin, and Russian propaganda in American media. Yaffa speaks critically, but honestly, about a country that features prominently in American politics today. Demetri also shares insights from his own experience working at the Russian state media outlet RT (Russia Today).

For Patreon subscribers, this week's rundown covers not only the subject of Demetri's conversation with Joshua, but much of Yaffa's book as well. You can access that rundown, the overtime segment, as well as a transcript to this week's episode through the Hidden Forces Patreon Page.

All subscribers also gain access to our overtime feed, which can be easily be added to your favorite podcast application.

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