THE MISANTROPOLOGICAL OTHERNESS OF THE STRANGLERS: “THE CHRONICLES OF VLADIMIR”

Authors

  • Bojan Žikić Одељење за етнологију и антропологију Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Београду
  • Marija Ajduk Одељење за етнологију и антропологију Филозофски факултет Универзитета у Београду

Keywords:

anthropology of popular culture, anthropology of music, misanthropology, otherness, individualism, totalitarianism, Soviet communism

Abstract

“The Chronicles of Vladimir” are six songs by the English rock band The Stranglers. Most of them were recorded during the 1980s and they mock the life in the totalitarian system of Soviet Communism. We consider them as an example of constructing heteropragmatic otherness with an aim of pointing out the misanthropy of totalitarianism, where individualism as a social ontological stance is opposed to the existing ways of human social and cultural organization in general.

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Published

2023-01-10

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Žikić, B., & Ajduk, M. (2023). THE MISANTROPOLOGICAL OTHERNESS OF THE STRANGLERS: “THE CHRONICLES OF VLADIMIR”. Anthropology, 18(2), 67–82. Retrieved from https://www.antropologija.com/index.php/an/article/view/107

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Vol. 18 No. 2 (2018): Anthropology

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Original scientific paper

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