The Slave Soul of Russia : Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering.

Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th and 17th centuries, ancient religious tracts empha...

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Main Author:	Rancour-Laferriere, Daniel
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : NYU Press, 1995.
Subjects:	Self-destructive behavior > Russia (Federation) Masochism > Russia (Federation) National characteristics, Russian. Russia (Federation) > Civilization. History. Social Science. HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union. Civilization. Masochism. Self-destructive behavior. Russia (Federation) Electronic books.
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Summary:	Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th and 17th centuries, ancient religious tracts emphasizing humility as the mother of virtues, the trauma of the Bolshevik revolution, the current economic upheavals wracking the country-- these are only a few of the symptoms of what The Slave Soul of Russia identifies as a veritable cult of suffering that has been centuries in the making. Bringing to.
Item Description:	NotesBibliography; Index. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (346 pages)
ISBN:	9780814769409 0814769403