Understanding Russianness / / edited by Risto Alapuro, Arto Mustajoki, and Pekka Pesonen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461921703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-283-46290-7; 9786613462909; 0-203-83414-3; 1-136-84825-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Collana: Routledge advances in sociology
• Altri autori (Persone): AlapuroRisto <1944->; MustajokiArto S <1948-> (Arto Samuel); PesonenPekka
• Disciplina: 306.0947
• Soggetti: Social psychology - Russia (Federation); Group identity - Russia (Federation); Ethnicity - Russia (Federation); Electronic books.; Russia (Federation) Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Understanding Russianness; Copyright; Contents; List of tables and figures; Notes on the contributors; Introduction; PART I Language; 1 The 'West' in the linguistic construction of Russianness in contemporary public discourse; 2 Attitudes toward the Russian and English languages in Russia and the United States: perceptions of self and the other; 3 Russification of Western concepts: political will and crisis in a Russian way; 4 A Russian view of Western concepts; PART II Society; 5 Russian 'otherness': from Chaadaev to the present day; 6 From a mother's worry to Soldiers' Mothers' action: building collective action on personal concerns7 Opposition substitutes: reflections on the collective action in support of the European University at St Petersburg; 8 Political culture in Russia from a local perspective; 9 Soviet modernity: the case of Soviet fashion; PART III Culture; 10 Spiritus loci: two East Karelian folklore epic traditions; 11 Autogenesis in Russian ; culture: an approach to the avant-garde; 12 Two hundred years of poshlost': a historical sketch of the concept; 13 The notion of universal bisexuality in Russian religious philosophy14 Religious nationalism in contemporary Russia: the case of the Ossetian ethnic religious project; 15 Social networking on the internet: is the Russian way special?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In today's world where other cultures are being tapped to a greater extent than ever before, the processes of mixing and matching are especially relevant in making sense of Russia. Not only do borrowing and assimilation, interaction between the familiar and the alien, constitute a venerable tradition in Russian culture, but during the two last post-Soviet decades a notable Western influence has become apparent. This book provides means for understanding Russianness in this new situation. By bringing together Russian and Western, eminent and younger scholars it provides insight