To understand Ukraine’s Zelensky, Adam Gopnik applies the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin.
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A Bakhtinian Reading of Zelenskyy
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Confessions of an Addicted Bloglodyte
Yesterday was the two-year anniversary of this blog’s website, which gives me an opportunity to reflect upon what I have been doing these past 24 months. I’ve also come up with a label for myself: I am a bloglodyte.“Troglodyte,” which etymologically means cave dweller, has come to describe those who live their lives in seclusion. This is not a bad way of describing bloggers, who spend much of their lives in the caves of their laptops.