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1922–2006 Russia

Aleksandr Zinovyev (29 September 1922 – 10 May 2006) was a Russian philosopher, sociologist and writer

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Also known as: Aleksandr Zinovyev, Zinovyev, Aleksandr

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Perestroika is nothing but a spectacle organized from above.

Gorbachevism (1988)

Gorbachevism, carried out by mediocre but ambitious party bureaucrats, is an attempt not only to outdo the people but also the objective laws of human society.

Gorbachevism (1988)

None of the Marxist concepts (literally – not a single one!) matches the logical rules of scientific concepts.

On the Social State of Marxism (1978)

The firmest proof that Marxism is not science but an ideology is Marxism’s attitude to the experience of the real communist (or socialist) societies.

On the Social State of Marxism (1978)

We can consider that the era we have just entered is not only post-communist but also post-democratic.

The Global Suprasociety and Russia (2000)

But the [communist] authorities acquire from Marxism a splendid method and abounding phraseology to justify whatever piggery.

On the Social State of Marxism (1978)

All in all, Engels talked so much rot of every kind, that now all the world’s academies of science should be directed to rectify his mistakes and idiocies.

On the Social State of Marxism (1978)

The first words of the inhabitats of Partgrad were offensive words.

Katastroika (1988)

Every war reveals in one way or another the fundamental characteristics of the societies involved in it. p.196

Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)

The oblast head of Church disproved the claim in a party newspaper. At the same time he condemned the president of the US as a warmonger.

Katastroika (1988)

She is well known as an ardent supporter of whatever the party’s main direction is. She used to be a passionate Brezhnevist. Now she is an even more passionate Gorbachevist.

Katastroika (1988)

‘More and more centres of population are joining the socialist competition to acquire the name of the place where prince Oleg was stung by a snake and former czarina Maria was strangled.’

Katastroika (1988)

Democratic totalitarianism and financial dictatorship exclude social revolution.

The Great rupture - Sociology of a changing world (2000)

Thus, the West perceives its own smallness, reflected in the curved mirror of Soviet society, as a grandiose phenomenon p. 598

Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)

Any fool can assert himself at the expense of the past.p 339

Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)

The disease of our time is mediocrity.

Interview with Jean-Jacques Lafaye (1991)

It is the characteristic of totalitarian systems to understand nothing about humor.

The Testament of a Sentinel (2005)

Today, fear of the truth is not a fear of the unknown, but a fear of something we know very well. People are afraid of themselves because they know who they are. p. 302

The Yawning Heights (1977)

The problem with slavery is not why people are forced to become slaves, but why they allow themselves to be enslaved. p. 67

Confessions of a Too Much Man (1990)

There, as in the Soviet Union, we also don't like hearing the truth. p. 103

Para Bellum (1987)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Alexander Zinoviev (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.