04082oam 2200733I 450 991046192170332120200520144314.01-283-46290-797866134629090-203-83414-31-136-84825-810.4324/9780203834145 (CKB)2670000000161361(EBL)957274(OCoLC)798532927(SSID)ssj0000679470(PQKBManifestationID)11395705(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000679470(PQKBWorkID)10610978(PQKB)10742214(MiAaPQ)EBC957274(Au-PeEL)EBL957274(CaPaEBR)ebr10535199(CaONFJC)MIL346290(OCoLC)778624197(EXLCZ)99267000000016136120180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding Russianness /edited by Risto Alapuro, Arto Mustajoki, and Pekka PesonenAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (281 p.)Routledge advances in sociologyDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-01990-9 0-415-60415-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 day6 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 concept13 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?; IndexIn 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 insightRoutledge advances in sociology.Social psychologyRussia (Federation)Group identityRussia (Federation)EthnicityRussia (Federation)Russia (Federation)Social life and customsElectronic books.Social psychologyGroup identityEthnicity306.0947Alapuro Risto1944-509049Mustajoki Arto S(Arto Samuel),1948-920328Pesonen Pekka920329MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461921703321Understanding Russianness2064254UNINA