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 (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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NYU Press
1995
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