In the new Russia; even dictatorship is a reality show.Professional killers with the souls of artists; would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters; suicidal supermodels; Hell's Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors; and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the glittering; surreal heart of twenty-first-century Russia. It is a world erupting with new money and new power; changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality; home to a form of dictatorship—far subtler than twentieth-century strains—that is rapidly rising to challenge the West.When British producer Peter Pomerantsev plunges into the booming Russian TV industry; he gains access to every nook and corrupt cranny of the country. He is brought to smoky rooms for meetings with propaganda gurus running the nerve-center of the Russian media machine; and visits Siberian mafia-towns and the salons of the international super-rich in London and the US. As the Putin regime becomes more aggressive; Pomerantsev finds himself drawn further into the system.Dazzling yet piercingly insightful; Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible is an unforgettable voyage into a country spinning from decadence into madness.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. A great introduction on the subject!By AriellaI read this as an introduction to Islamophobia issue and I was not disappointed! Kumar goes into heavy detail about the origins of Islamophobia and its role in the past and present. She focuses primarily on the European influence when speaking of the history of Islamophobia and focuses primarily on the U.S. in the modern day standpoint. She is well-sourced and one can easily find where her information was/is found. She also addresses both 'conservative' and 'liberal' versions of Islamophobia. While Kumar doesn't have any detailed ways for the ordinary person to fight Islamophobia; she provides a detailed explanation of how it came to be and why it still persists in American society.3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. In many ways this is an excellent book. She provides a very good analysis of ...By M. BrislenIn many ways this is an excellent book. She provides a very good analysis of Islamophobia; linking it with the older Orientalism as described by Edward Said. The first half of the book in which she does this and provides an historical development of Islamophobia is excellent; and if the book had continued in this way; I would have given it 5 stars.However; in the second half of the book her political bias begins to shine through and distort some of her claims. She begins to link every sort of non-approved comment on Islam with Islamophobia. For example; she calls Obama an Islamophobe. While it may be true that Obama uses much of the standard; liberal idea of good and bad Muslims and links terrorism to religious ideas rather than more accurately to political developments; it goes a bit far to call him an Islamophobe. It makes the term relatively useless.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy AK ManjaInteresting and refreshing new perspective in a clutter of opinionated analyses!
