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OverviewIn Stalin’s Soviet Monastery Russian scholar Jim Curtis integrates innovative work in linguistics, anthropology, and media theory to develop a holistic analysis of Russian society that includes a theoretically based rationale for ignoring ideology in favor of cultural dynamics. While the young Iosif Djugashvili, later known as Joseph Stalin, was studying to be a priest in an Orthodox seminary, he took on the role that defined his political career, that of a sadistic elder who imposed fiendish vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience on hapless Soviet citizens. As an exercise in historical anthropology, Stalin’s Soviet Monastery emphasizes the role of myth and ritual in Russia, a society with strong residual orality. The imitation of Christ is called passion-suffering, a practice that helps to explain the widespread acquiescence to Stalin’s practices. Stalin was intensely interested in literature, and his favorite author was Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Some passages in Dostoyevsky’s work anticipate key features of Stalinism. An Afterword discusses the development of Russian society after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jim CurtisPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Edition: New edition Weight: 0.455kg ISBN: 9781433171024ISBN 10: 1433171023 Pages: 252 Publication Date: 04 September 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"List of Figures – Preface – Acknowledgements – Introduction – A New Discourse on Method – Searching for Stikhiinost’ and Anticipating Doom: Some Continuities in Modern Russian Culture – Three Contextualizing Stalin’s Career – Russian Cultural Thematics and the Cults of Lenin and Stalin – Anticipations of Stalinism in Three Major Works by Dostoyevsky – ""Reflection"" Theory, Monism, and the Literary Jeremiad in Russia – Afterword. What Happened to Stalinism after 1991? – Bibliography – Index."ReviewsAuthor InformationJim Curtis received his PhD in Russian from Columbia University and was Professor of Russian at the University of Missouri-Columbia for 31 years. While at the University of Missouri he received numerous teaching awards. He is the author of numerous articles and books. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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