Russia and soul
Subtitle: an exploration
By: Dale Pesmen.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: National characteristics, Russian; Social psychology -- Russia (Federation); Interpersonal relations -- Russia (Federation); Russia (Federation) -- Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Situating soul. Is soul a thing? O.M.S.K.; title: pt. 2. Against and for dusha. In public transportation and in the soul : you call this life? A channel between worlds. The language of music and the Russian language. The baths : a celebration for soul and body. Story : For Anna Viktorovna; title: pt. 3. Everyone wants something, but only through someone. Two stories : Decency, generosity. Do not have a hundred rubles, have instead a hundred friends. Story : Pulling something out of a hat. Like the Trojan Horse's gut : hospitality and nationalism. Standing bottles, washing deals, and drinking for the soul. If you want to live you've got to krutit'sia : crooked and straight; title: pt. 4. Authority. Depth, openings and closings.  Story : A second soul. If you want to know a man, give him power; title: pt. 5. Togetherness. Those who poke into my soul : Bakhtin, Dostoevsky, love. We lost some neatness; title: pt. 6. Conclusions. Two discussions : semantics and national character, homo sovieticus. Epilogue. Non-Russian souls.