Holy Fools In Moscow
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Holy Fools In Moscow
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Author : Yuri Kuper
language : en
Publisher: Crown
Release Date : 1974
Holy Fools In Moscow written by Yuri Kuper and has been published by Crown this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Soviet Union categories.
Holy Fools In Byzantium And Beyond
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Author : Sergey A. Ivanov
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-04-06
Holy Fools In Byzantium And Beyond written by Sergey A. Ivanov and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-06 with Religion categories.
There are saints in Orthodox Christian culture who overturn the conventional concept of sainthood. Their conduct may be unruly and salacious, they may blaspheme and even kill - yet, mysteriously, those around them treat them with even more reverence. Such saints are called 'holy fools'. In this pioneering study Sergey A. Ivanov examines the phenomenon of holy foolery from a cultural standpoint. He identifies its prerequisites and its development in religious thought, and traces the emergence of the first hagiographic texts describing these paradoxical saints. He describes the beginnings of holy foolery in Egyptian monasteries of the fifth century, followed by its high point in the cities of Byzantium, with an eventual decline in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries. He also compares the important Russian tradition of holy fools, which in some form has survived to this day.
Rebel Russia
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Author : Anna Arutunyan
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2025-05-14
Rebel Russia written by Anna Arutunyan and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-05-14 with Political Science categories.
Navalny. Lenin. Pugachev. The Russian rebel – in his epic battle against the Leviathan of the Russian state – has enthralled readers and writers for decades. The rebel’s story is almost always a sad one that ends in exile, imprisonment, or martyrdom, leaving but a seed for the future reform of the Leviathan which he or she had taken on. Why do revolts – from the Decembrist uprising to the Snow Revolution that brought Alexei Navalny to the forefront of contemporary Russian politics – seem to end up failing or producing an even worse form of despotism? In reality, the brave words and deeds of dissidents have shaped the course of Russian history more often than we might think. Through the stories of prominent rebels from the time of Ivan the Terrible to the present day, as well as her own experiences reporting on her country’s decent into authoritarianism, Russian-American journalist Anna Arutunyan explores how the rebel and the Tsar defined each other through a centuries-long dance of dissent and repression. These characters and their lives not only reveal the true nature of the Russian state, they also offer hope for a future Russian democracy.
Ivan The Terrible
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Author : Charles J. Halperin
language : en
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Release Date : 2019-09-13
Ivan The Terrible written by Charles J. Halperin and has been published by University of Pittsburgh Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-13 with History categories.
Ivan the Terrible is infamous as a sadistic despot responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people, particularly during the years of the oprichnina, his state-within-a-state. Ivan was the first ruler in Russian history to use mass terror as a political instrument. However, Ivan’s actions cannot be dismissed by attributing the behavior to insanity. Ivan interacted with Muscovite society as both he and Muscovy changed. This interaction needs to be understood in order properly to analyze his motives, achievements, and failures. Ivan the Terrible: Free to Reward and Free to Punish provides an up-to-date comprehensive analysis of all aspects of Ivan’s reign. It presents a new interpretation not only of Ivan’s behavior and ideology, but also of Muscovite social and economic history. Charles Halperin shatters the myths surrounding Ivan and reveals a complex ruler who had much in common with his European contemporaries, including Henry the Eighth.
Disability And Mobile Citizenship In Postsocialist Ukraine
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Author : Sarah D. Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2010-11-26
Disability And Mobile Citizenship In Postsocialist Ukraine written by Sarah D. Phillips and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-26 with History categories.
Sarah D. Phillips examines the struggles of disabled persons in Ukraine and the other former Soviet states to secure their rights during the tumultuous political, economic, and social reforms of the last two decades. Through participant observation and interviews with disabled Ukrainians across the social spectrum -- rights activists, politicians, students, workers, entrepreneurs, athletes, and others -- Phillips documents the creative strategies used by people on the margins of postsocialist societies to assert claims to "mobile citizenship." She draws on this rich ethnographic material to argue that public storytelling is a powerful means to expand notions of relatedness, kinship, and social responsibility, and which help shape a more tolerant and inclusive society.
The Russian Religious Mind The Middle Ages The 13th To The 15th Centuries
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Author : Georgiĭ Petrovich Fedotov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Russian Religious Mind The Middle Ages The 13th To The 15th Centuries written by Georgiĭ Petrovich Fedotov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Religious thought categories.
Seven Russian Archetypes
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Author : Svetozar Postić
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2023-10-09
Seven Russian Archetypes written by Svetozar Postić and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-09 with History categories.
Seven Russian Archetypes is a description of seven seminal Russian figures: the Victim (zhertva), the Fool (iurodivyi), the Rebel or the Bandit (buntar’ ili razboinik), the Wanderer (strannik), the Mother (mat’), the Peasant (muzhik), and the Intellectual (intelligent). Drawing from Russian history, folklore, literature, visual arts, and religion, these seven profiles are analyzed and presented in vivid and evocative detail. The seven portraits help to explain the Russian character and especially the groundedness of Russian culture in Orthodox Christianity. Many experts on Russian politics, business and culture, as well as admirers of Russian spirituality are aware of different features, both favorable and condescending, which display Russian mentality and temperament such as paternalism, messianism, collectivism, poor ability for self-organization, dogmatism, tendency toward asceticism and the penchant to bear suffering, radicalism, and inclination to extremes. From an external point of view, this is all accurate to a certain extent; nevertheless, these features explain neither the origin nor motivation behind the most evident behavioral manifestations. The more profound characteristics can be found only on the level of internal representations, which can best be revealed in symbols and archetypal characters. Seven Russian Archetypes explains these fundamental Russian symbols.
Baedeker S Moscow
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Author : Bernhard Pollmann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Baedeker S Moscow written by Bernhard Pollmann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Moscow (Russia) categories.
The Russian Religious Mind
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Author : Georgiĭ Petrovich Fedotov
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
The Russian Religious Mind written by Georgiĭ Petrovich Fedotov and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Religious thought categories.
Multiple Moralities And Religions In Post Soviet Russia
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Author : Jarrett Zigon
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Multiple Moralities And Religions In Post Soviet Russia written by Jarrett Zigon and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Social Science categories.
In the post-Soviet period morality became a debatable concept, open to a multitude of expressions and performances. From Russian Orthodoxy to Islam, from shamanism to Protestantism, religions of various kinds provided some of the first possible alternative moral discourses and practices after the end of the Soviet system. This influence remains strong today. Within the Russian context, religion and morality intersect in such social domains as the relief of social suffering, the interpretation of history, the construction and reconstruction of traditions, individual and social health, and business practices. The influence of religion is also apparent in the way in which the Russian Orthodox Church increasingly acts as the moral voice of the government. The wide-ranging topics in this ethnographically based volume show the broad religious influence on both discursive and everyday moralities. The contributors reveal that although religion is a significant aspect of the various assemblages of morality, much like in other parts of the world, religion in postsocialist Russia cannot be separated from the political or economic or transnational institutional aspects of morality.