Reversible modernity

Abstract

The ten responses gathered here in response to Michael David-Fox's article Russian — Soviet Modernity: None, Shared, Alternative, or Entangled? represent a broad diversity of opinions. The discussion centers around the question of Soviet and post-Soviet modernity as such: did Russia have a modernity at all, and if yes, then in what form and of what quality? Each participant in the discussion suggests his or her own conception of modernity and vision of what Russian modernity looks like (or argues that there can be no discussion of “modernity” in connection with Russia or the USSR). Meanwhile, the respondents also comment at length on the historiography of (post-) Soviet modernity, the starting point for David-Fox's article in the first place.