The collective and the individual in Russia : a study of practices

Kharkhordin, Oleg 1964- (Author).

Summary: He also finds that objectification of the individual in Russia relied on practices of mutual surveillance among peers rather than on the hierarchical surveillance of subordinates by superiors that characterized the West. The implications of this book expand well beyond its analysis of the connection between Bolshevism and Eastern Orthodoxy to shed light on many questions about the nature of Russian society and culture.

Record details

ISBN: 9780520216044
ISBN: 0520216040
ISBN: 9780585200484
ISBN: 0585200483
ISBN: 0520921801
ISBN: 9780520921801
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 406 pages) : illustrations.
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Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Introduction: Individualism and the Study of Practices -- 2. Reveal, Admonish, Excommunicate: Ecclesiastical Courts and the Central Control Commission -- 3. A "Technology of no Mercy": The Collective as an Object of Knowledge and Action -- 4. Purge and Self-Criticism: The Collective as a Subject of Knowledge and Action -- 5. Revealing the Self: The Individual as an Object of Knowledge and Action -- 6. Working on Oneself: The Individual as a Subject of Knowledge and Action -- 7. The Collective in Mature Soviet Society -- 8. The Individual in Mature Soviet Society -- 9. Conclusion.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.