The National Bolshevik Party, founded in the mid-1990s by Eduard Limonov and Aleksandr Dugin, began as an attempt to combine radically different ideologies. In the years that followed, both men and the movements they led underwent dramatic shifts. Limonov and the National Bolsheviks became part of the liberal opposition, vocally contesting the regime of Vladimir Putin. Dugin headed the fervently pro-government Eurasia Movement, which promoted the repression of any form of dissent and Russia's return to imperial glory. To understand the role of this influential right-wing movement in contemporary Russian society, Fabrizio Fenghi examines its public pronouncements and aesthetics. He analyzes a range of media, from novels, art exhibitions, performances, seminars, and punk rock concerts to protest actions. Through interviews with key public figures, artists, and political activists, he reveals attempts to create an alternative intellectual class, or "counter-intelligentsia," showing how certain forms of art can transform into political action. Book jacket.