A Window To The Russian Soul
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A Window To The Russian Soul
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Author : Nicholas Kotar
language : en
Publisher: Waystone Press
Release Date : 2020-02-24
A Window To The Russian Soul written by Nicholas Kotar and has been published by Waystone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-24 with Social Science categories.
What if you could find all the answers to the problems of modern life in the wisdom of the past? We live in a strange time. Perpetually distracted and increasingly over-medicated, we still think we are in the most progressed people in history. But scratch the surface, and you’ll see that our world is like a house built on sand. We put much of our faith in science, even as more and more of the truths we equate with “scientific fact” come under scrutiny. The lack of repeatability of many experiments is a modern science’s dirty little secret. And much of what can be verified, it turns out, often merely confirms what history, literature, and religion have already taught us. And so, many people are turning to the past for comforting wisdom to inform the future. This book is an exploration of the rich folk culture of Russia’s past. From songs of lamentation at funerals to the rules for naming a prince, you’ll find a fascinating glimpse into a world that is alien on the surface, but familiar at its heart. Reading it in light of modern life, you can’t help but be astounded at how much wisdom the Russian folk gathered through centuries and millennia of passed time and experience. Who knows? Maybe the answers to some of your life’s pressing issues are found in the age-long traditions explored in A Window to the Russian Soul. Find out by buying A Window to the Russian Soul today!
Russia And Soul
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Author : Dale Pesmen
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-08-06
Russia And Soul written by Dale Pesmen and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-06 with Social Science categories.
This ethnography of everyday life in contemporary Russia is also an examination of discourses and practices of "soul" or dusha. Russian soul has historically appeared as a myth, a consoling fiction, and a trope of national and individual self-definition that drew romantic foreigners to Russia. Dale Pesmen shows that in the 1990s this "soul" was scorned, worshipped, and used to create, manipulate, and exploit cultural capital. Pesmen focuses on "soul" in part as what people chose to do and how they did it, especially practices considered "definitive" of Russians, such as hospitality, the use of alcoholic beverages, steam baths, Russian language, music, and suffering. Attempting to avoid narrow definitions of soul as a thing, Pesmen developed a new way of structuring ethnographic interviews.During her stay in a formerly "closed" military industrial city and surrounding villages, Pesmen spent time on public transportation and in kitchens, steam baths, vegetable gardens, shops, and workplaces. She uses stories from her fieldwork along with examples from the media and literature to introduce a phenomenology of russkaia dusha and of related American and other non-Russian metaphysical notions, exploring diverse elements in their makeup, examining and questioning the world created when people believe in the existence of such "deep," "vast," "enigmatic," "internal" centers. Among theoretical issues she addresses are those of power, community, self, exchange, coherence, and morality. Pesmen's attention to dusha gives her a multifaceted perspective on Russian culture and society and informs her rich portrayal of life in a Russian city at a historically critical moment.
Reflections On The Russian Soul
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Author : Dmitry S. Likhachev
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2000-01-06
Reflections On The Russian Soul written by Dmitry S. Likhachev and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This compelling and often traumatic book is the memoir of one of the most important figures in modern Russian history, Dmitry S. Likhachev, revered as ‘a guardian of national culture’. Reflections on the Russian Soul is an incredible account of an intellectual’s turbulent journey through twentieth century Russia. Likhachev re-counts the fortunes of people with whom he came into contact and reproduces the air of passed years in Russia. Likhachev vividly portrays his childhood years in St. Petersburg and continues into his student life at Leningrad University that led to an agonizing period of imprisonment and near death. He describes how a harmless prank caught the attention of the Secret Police, resulting in his exile and confinement within the infamous prison island of Solovki. He describes his first-hand experience of brutality in prison during the early Stalin years and the incident that not only saved him but also haunted him for the rest of his life. He reflects on the years after his release from prison and the events leading up to the Second World War. His powerful recollection of the blockade of Leningrad provides the reader with a horrific insight into the harsh effects of war, hunger and survival. Lichachev goes on to describe post-war Russia and how his own livelihood developed from literary editor to a return to Leningrad University as Professor of History. This compelling autobiography finishes with Likhachev’s poignant return to Solovki as a free man.
Reflections On The Russian Soul
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Author : Dmitri? Sergeevich Likhachev
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Reflections On The Russian Soul written by Dmitri? Sergeevich Likhachev and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
"He reflects on the years after his release from prison and the events leading up to the Second World War. His powerful recollection of the blockade of Leningrad provides the reader with a horrific insight into the harsh effects of war, hunger and survival. Likhachev goes on to describe post-war Russia and how his own livelihood developed from literary editor to a return to Leningrad University as Professor of History. This compelling autobiography finishes with Likhachev's return to Solovki as a free man."--BOOK JACKET.
Siberian Odyssey
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Author : Frederick Kempe
language : en
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Release Date : 1992
Siberian Odyssey written by Frederick Kempe and has been published by Putnam Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with History categories.
From the Berlin Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal--author of Divorcing the Dictator--comes a dramatic account of an expedition to an almost mythical place, the land of Russia's grandest dreams and cruelest nightmares. In a place where contradictions arise at ever turn, Kempe found not only an adventure but an unparalleled window into the Russian soul. 8 pages of photographs.
Solzhenitsyn And American Culture
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Author : David P. Deavel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Solzhenitsyn And American Culture written by David P. Deavel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Russian literature categories.
Russia Girl Pb
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Author : JULIA IOFFE
language : en
Publisher: William Collins
Release Date : 2024-09-12
Russia Girl Pb written by JULIA IOFFE and has been published by William Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-12 with categories.
A Window On Russia
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Author : Edmund Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2019-11-05
A Window On Russia written by Edmund Wilson and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
A Window on Russia is a collection of Edmund Wilson's papers on Russian writers and the Russian language (which he taught himself to read), written between 1943 and 1971. Writers discussed include Pushkin, Gogol, Chekov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, among others. "In A Window on Russia, which Wilson modestly calls 'a handful of disconnected pieces, written at various times when I happened to be interested in the various authors,' we encounter that rare pleasure of entering a living world where the dead hand of academia never casts its shadow." - Kirkus Reviews
Mystifying Russian Soul
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Author : Nikolai Gogol
language : en
Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Release Date : 2018-05-03
Mystifying Russian Soul written by Nikolai Gogol and has been published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-03 with Fiction categories.
Why is the name of this composite book “Mystifying Russian soul”? Let’s apply to Wikipedia: “The concept arouse in the second part of the 19th century due to a philosophy of the leading Russian writers such as Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. In their popular in Europe books not ethic, but aesthetic principles as well as not entertaining, but moral needs are playing the dominant role. “Spirit” of such writings turned into “Soul” and lead to a concept “Mystifying Russian soul” popular abroad. Except Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy almost all the writers who became classics of Russian and world literature took part in this process. The composite book “Mystifying Russian soul” contains more than twenty their novels, tales, plays and poems.
It S Russia My Son A Partial Roadmap Of The Russian Soul
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Author : Sean Stewart
language : en
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
Release Date : 2015-07-14
It S Russia My Son A Partial Roadmap Of The Russian Soul written by Sean Stewart and has been published by Dog Ear Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with History categories.
Its very name conjures images of a vast and trackless landscape, where snow-covered onion domes peep over heavy stone fortress walls. Its history is an epic populated by dreamers, madmen and geniuses who left an indelible imprint on the national character. Above all, it is a place where the 21st century collides with the 12th, where the radiant future was born and the past is not really the past. “It’s Russia, My Son” pulls back the veil which has long shrouded this land in mystery, exploring the mindset of a people who have shaped, and continue to shape, the world we live in. A romp through the history and culture of the world’s largest nation, It’s Russia, My Son is a quest to find out what really makes Russians tick. Attitudes towards power, love, friendship, religion and warfare have all played a role in forming the legendary Russian soul. By exploring these themes among many others, the reader will come away with a “roadmap” of the Russian soul, in all its glory and heartbreak, tragedy and triumph. The book will appeal to general readers, as well as travelers, explorers and historians looking for a fresh vantage point from which to view one of the world’s most intriguing nations.