From Homo Sovieticus to the XXI century: some reflections on the ambiguities of the ‘deutopianism’ process in contemporary Russia

he present paper is devoted to certain observations on Post-Communist anthropology, focusing in particular on the ambiguous consequences of what is commonly defined as the “de-utopianism” process in contemporary Russia. By means of an analysis of samples taken from certain influential literary works by current authors (such as V. Pelevin and Vl. Sorokin), attention will be drawn to human types, to their anthropological and psychological characterization on the background of the harsh transition period following the fall of the USSR. The contradictory images depicted in the literary texts also express the deep heritage of the Communist past and the current weakness of Russian civil society, deeply conditioned by drastic social and cultural changes.