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The slave soul of Russia : moral masochism and the cult of suffering
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ISBN: 0814774822 081477458X 0814769403 0585368287 9780814769409 Year: 1995 Publisher: New York (N.Y.) : New York university press,

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Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th and 17th centuries, ancient religious tracts emphasizing humility as the mother of virtues, the trauma of the Bolshevik revolution, the current economic upheavals wracking the country-- these are only a few of the symptoms of what The Slave Soul of Russia identifies as a veritable cult of suffering that has been centuries in the making. Bringing to light dozens of examples of self-defeating activities and behaviors that have become an integral component of the Russian psyche, Rancour-Laferriere convincingly illustrates how masochism has become a fact of everyday life in Russia. Until now, much attention has been paid to the psychology of Russia's leaders and their impact on the country's condition. Here, for the first time, is a compelling portrait of the Russian people's psychology.


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Exotic Moscow under western eyes
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ISBN: 9781934843406 1934843407 1618111361 9781618111364 9781618118516 161811851X Year: 2009 Publisher: Boston : Academic Studies Press,

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This collection of essays on Turgenev, Goncharov, Conrad, Dostoevsky, Blok, Briusov, Gor'kii, Pasternak and Nabokov represents diverse voices but is also unified. One invariant is the recurring distinction between "culture" and "civilization" and the vision of Russia as the bearer of culture because it is "barbaric." Another stance advocates the synthesis of "sense and sensibility" and the vision of "Apollo" and "Dionysus" creating a "civilized culture" together. Those voices that delight in the artificiality of civilization are complemented by those apprehensive of the dangers inherent in barbarism. This collection thus adds new perspectives to the much-debated opposition of vital Russia and a declining West, offering novel interpretations of classics from Oblomov to Lolita and The Idiot to Doctor Zhivago.


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The Tsar, The Empire, and The Nation : Dilemmas of Nationalization in Russia's Western Borderlands, 1905-1915
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ISBN: 9789633863657 9633863651 Year: 2021 Publisher: [s.l.] : Central European University Press,

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"This collection of essays addresses the challenge of modern nationalism to the tsarist Russian Empire. First appearing on the empire's western periphery, this challenge was most prevalent in twelve provinces extending from Ukrainian lands in the south to the Baltic provinces in the north, as well as to the Kingdom of Poland. At issue is whether the late Russian Empire entered World War I as a multiethnic state with many of its age-old mechanisms run by a multiethnic elite, or as a Russian state predominantly managed by ethnic Russians. The tsarist vision of prioritizing loyalty among all subjects over privileging ethnic Russians and discriminating against non-Russians faced a fundamental problem: as soon as the opportunity presented itself, non-Russians would increase their demands and become increasingly separatist"--


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Hegemonie und Populismus in Putins Russland : Eine Analyse des russischen politischen Diskurses
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ISBN: 3839421055 3837621057 1306998255 9783839421055 Year: 2014 Publisher: Bielefeld transcript Verlag

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Die kontroversen Diskussionen um die politische Entwicklung in Russland seit der Machtübernahme durch Wladimir Putin im Jahr 2000 reißen nicht ab. Der Abbau demokratischer Rechte, wirtschaftliches Wachstum und Stabilität werden als Kennzeichen der Putin'schen Herrschaft hervorgehoben. Philipp Casula fokussiert in seiner Analyse hingegen auf die Genese des politischen Diskurses im Zeitraum 2000-2008 und erarbeitet dessen hegemoniale und populistische Tendenzen mithilfe der Ansätze von Ernesto Laclau. Die Studie wirft ein neues Licht auf die russische politische Entwicklung und produziert Erklärungen für die Regime-Stabilität Russlands unter Putin jenseits üblicher transformationstheoretischer Modelle. »Casula's analysis is strong in the careful reconstruction of the central ideas that have charactarized the Russian political field under Putin in the 2000s, with a rich repertoire of empirical material.« Martin Müller, The Russian Review, 72/3 (2013) »Casulas hegemonietheoretisch informierter Post-Transition-Ansatz entgeht dem impliziten Normativismus der traditionellen Transitionsforschung und trägt der Ergebnisoffenheit, der Prekarität und der Komplexität politischer Wandlungsprozesse Rechnung.« Marius Hildebrand, Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 24.07.2014 »Philipp Casula [ist] eine lesenswerte, sprachlich sehr ansprechende Arbeit gelungen, deren diskurstheoretischer Rahmen und empirische Ergebnisse ein vielschichtiges und differenziertes Bild von Russland im 21. Jahrhundert zeichnen, das gerade in puncto Demokratie und Russland überzeugende Argumente für diese notwendige, alternative Perspektive zu bisheriger Forschung liefert.« Eva Herschinger, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 3 (2013) Besprochen in: Osteuropa, 63/7 (2013), Félix Krawatzek Sociologiceskie issledovanija, 8 (2013), Vladimir S. Avdonin

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