# Alexei Yurchak
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alexei yurchak (Алексей Владимирович Юрчак) is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. Born and raised in Leningrad, the Soviet Union, his research concerns Soviet history and post-Soviet transformations in Russia and the former Soviet Union.
== "Hypernormalization" ==
Yurchak coined the term "hypernormalization" in his 2005 book Everything was Forever, Until it was No More: The Last Soviet Generation.
Under the Overcoat: the past is unpredictable
On 1 September, Russian high schools transitioned to new "patriotic" history textbooks authored by one of Russia's staunchest conservatives, former culture minister Vladimir Medinsky. How do these textbooks mirror the core tenets of the Russian regime's ideology? What stance do they take on figures…
The End of the End of History (feat. Luke Savage)
Josiah is joined by Luke Savage (@LukewSavage, Michael & Us, Jacobin) to reflect on the last fifteen years of U.S. electoral politics in light of the current election year: the failures of the Obama administration, the hyperpolitics of the Trump administration, and the attempted 'return to normalcy…
The United States of Paranoia by Jesse Walker
In this episode of the podcast, Jerry and Stably delve into a discussion of Jesse Walker’s book, The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. The hosts begin by sharing their initial reactions to the book, noting its length and distinct structural halves. Jerry and Stably express differing p…
(Audio) The Comfort of Illusion: Hypernormalisation in Modern British Politics
As we enter 2025, the UK political landscape bears an uncanny resemblance to the paradoxical situation described by Russian historian Alexei Yurchak in his seminal work ‘Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation’ (2005). Yurchak coined the term ‘hypernormalisation’ to…
HyperNormalisation and the Illusion of Stabili'ty – The Deeper Thinking Podcast
HyperNormalisation and the Illusion of Stability: Facing Manufactured Realities
The Deeper Thinking Podcast is digitally narrated
For anyone troubled by the gap between what we see and what we believe.
How do whole societies sustain illusions they secretly know are false? In this episode, we …
What’s ‘Normal’ in a Hyper-Normalized World?
Now that the entire economy depends on these hyper-normalized speculative bubbles for its “growth” and “wealth,” there is a profound fear of a future based not on artifice but on the real world.
Humans are quick to habituate to current conditions, i.e. consider them normal. This rapid normalizatio…
RE-RELEASE: OK BUNGER! The Problem of Generations, 4
The fourth in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict.
In this episode, we examine Generation X – the generation of the End of History. How was this generation overshadowed by the Boomer's failures? In the Eastern Bloc, the fall of Soviet regimes was a traumatic momen…
Unpacking "Hyper-Normalisation"
Imagine a world where everyone knows the emperor has no clothes, yet collectively agrees to admire his magnificent attire. A world where the cracks in the foundations of society are not just visible, but glaring, yet the inhabitants continue to dance in the ballroom as if the structure is solid. So…
Jeffrey Epstein, American Exceptionalism, and a lesson from Russia
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We talk about how the Jeffrey Epstein scandal/spectacle fits into the larger context of American decline and collapse. And Evgenia explains how normalized all the Epstein revelations are to someone like her who …
HyperNormalisation
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