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Denis Petrina is currently seeking his MA in Social and Political Critique at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania. His major academic interests are theories of subjectivity, psychoanalysis, discourse analysis, and biopolitics. After completing his MA, he plans to earn a PhD in philosophy and proceed with research.

Health, Politics, Vestnik 20 September 2016

“Healthy Body, Healthy Mind”: the visual propaganda of personal care during the Cultural Revolution in the Stalinist State

The picture of “Comrade Lenin Sweeps the World Clean of Filth” (below) is a perfect illustration of Soviets’ axiological orientations: they felt a moral duty…