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Homo Sovieticus analyzes the convergence between culture and experimental science, the point at which mental energy becomes art through a series of relays from the laboratory to the studio. The book demonstrates that the Soviet 'New Man' was missing a crucial limb: the brain. Its conditioning by scientists, politicians, and writers is the focus of Velminski's study. -- Sven Spieker, University of California, Santa Barbara Wladimir Velminski illuminates an obscure but deeply influential stratum in the history of social control. By examining a series of Soviet patents, concepts, fictions, and events he demonstrates the deep-set cultural and scientific belief that minds, souls, and ultimately entire nations might be manipulated through the combined applications of technology and telepathy. -- Mark Pilkington, author of Mirage Men

About the Author

Wladimir Velminski is a Head of the Project History and Theory of Media Regimes in Eastern Europe in the Department of Media Studies at the Bauhaus University Weimar. Previously, Velminski worked at Humboldt-Universit t zu Berlin, at the Universit t Z rich, and at ETH Z rich.