New release: Soviet Space Culture. Edited by Eva Maurer, Julia Richers, Monica Rüthers and Carmen Scheide
5. October 2011
Cosmic Enthusiasm in Socialist Societies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2011.
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Starting with the first man-made satellite 'Sputnik' in 1957 and culminating four years later with the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin, space became a new utopian horizon. This book explores the profound repercussions of the Soviet space exploration program on culture and everyday life in Eastern Europe, especially in the Soviet Union itself. (editor)
The historian Dr. Carmen Scheide is alumna of the Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz. Her research has been about "Partisanenkampf zwischen nationalem Mythos und politischer Tabuisierung."