East Minus West Equals Zero

East Minus West Equals Zero: Russia's Debt to the Western World 862-1962 (German: Ost minus West gleich Null is a 1962 non-fiction book by Werner Keller, a journalist and nonfiction author. The author asserts that all culture and civilization of Russia and Eastern Slavs in general, including political institutions, social order, scientific and technological advances, have their ultimate origin in the Western Civilization and its creative potential. These achievements were culturally imported through imitation, emulation, influence of Western element in Russia (dynastic and demographic) and import of technology and, in contemporary times, industrial espionage.

East Minus West Equals Zero: Russia's Debt to the Western World 862-1962
AuthorWerner Keller
Original titleOst minus West gleich Null
CountryGermany
PublisherPutnam
Publication date
1962 (hardback)
Pages384

The author claims that not a single contribution of science, arts, technology and other aspect of Western civilization has its origin in Russia and that every alleged cultural and scientific achievement of Russia from its late medieval inception to the Space Race has been a copy of prior Western achievements. The book was well received by critics in its era.[1][2][3][4] The book's publication followed short after the erection of the Berlin Wall, which exacerbated the Cold War animosities among the then West German public.

References
  1. "EAST MINUS WEST = ZERO by Werner Keller - Kirkus Reviews".
  2. "Review of Russians as People, ; East Minus West = Zero". Daedalus. 92 (1): 174–178. 1 January 1963. JSTOR 20026767.
  3. "Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search".
  4. "Russia's Enormous Debt to the Western World (March 11, 1962)".
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