Russia and Soul

Russia and Soul
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 388
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ISBN-10 : 0801487099
ISBN-13 : 9780801487095
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Download or read book Russia and Soul written by Dale Pesmen and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pt. 1. Situating soul. Is soul a thing? O.M.S.K. -- pt. 2. Against and for dusha. In public transportation and in the soul : you call this life? A channel between worlds. The language of music and the Russian language. The baths : a celebration for soul and body. Story : For Anna Viktorovna -- pt. 3. Everyone wants something, but only through someone. Two stories : Decency, generosity. Do not have a hundred rubles, have instead a hundred friends. Story : Pulling something out of a hat. Like the Trojan Horse's gut : hospitality and nationalism. Standing bottles, washing deals, and drinking for the soul. If you want to live you've got to krutit'sia : crooked and straight -- pt. 4. Authority. Depth, openings and closings. Story : A second soul. If you want to know a man, give him power -- pt. 5. Togetherness. Those who poke into my soul : Bakhtin, Dostoevsky, love. We lost some neatness -- pt. 6. Conclusions. Two discussions : semantics and national character, homo sovieticus. Epilogue. Non-Russian souls.


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