Title The collective and the individual in Russia : a study of practices / Oleg Kharkhordin

Published Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 406 pages) : illustrations Series Studies on the history of society and culture ; 32 Studies on the history of society and culture ; 32. Contents 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 Summary Oleg Kharkhordin has constructed a compelling, subtle, and complex genealogy of the Soviet, individual that is as much about Michel Foucault as it is about Russia. Examining the period from the Russian Revolution to the fall of Gorbachev, Kharkhordin demonstrates that Party rituals - which forced each Communist to reflect intensely and repeatedly on his or her "self," an entirely novel experience for many of them - had their antecedents in the Orthodox Christian practices of doing penance in the public gaze. Individualization in Soviet Russia occurred through the intensification of these public penitential practices rather then the private confessional practices that are characteristic of Western Christianity 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 -- Contributions in social sciences SUBJECT Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 fast Foucault, Michel, (1926-1984) -- Contribution aux sciences sociales. ram Subject Social psychology -- Soviet Union National characteristics, Russian. Social control -- Soviet Union Political culture -- Soviet Union Russians. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. HISTORY / Europe / Eastern Russians National characteristics, Russian Political culture Social control Social psychology Social sciences Soziale Kontrolle Politische Kultur Individuum Kollektiv Individualisme. Collectivisme. Psychologie sociale -- URSS. Caractère national russe. Contrôle social -- URSS. Culture politique -- URSS. Identité collective -- URSS -- Histoire. Identité collective -- Russie. Individualisme -- URSS -- Histoire. Individualisme -- Russie. Soviet Union Sowjetunion Sovjet-Unie. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780520921801 0520921801 0585200483 9780585200484

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