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035 _a(DE-B1597)9781400822157
035 _a(DE-B1597)446134
035 _a(OCoLC)979581487
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050 4 _aDK510.762
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082 0 4 _a947.08
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aMcDaniel, Tim
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Agony of the Russian Idea /
_cTim McDaniel.
250 _aCourse Book
264 1 _aPrinceton, NJ :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[1998]
264 4 _c©1996
300 _a1 online resource (212 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tINTRODUCTION: Cycles of Breakdown in Russia --
_tCHAPTER ONE. The Russian Idea --
_tCHAPTER TWO. The Dilemmas of Tsarist Modernization --
_tCHAPTER THREE. The Logic of Soviet Communism --
_tCHAPTER FOUR. A Viable Form of Modern Society? --
_tCHAPTER FIVE. The Failure of Yeltsin's Reforms --
_tNotes --
_tSelect Bibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aBoris Yeltsin's attempts at democratic reform have plunged a long troubled Russia even further into turmoil. This dramatic break with the Soviet past has left Russia politically fragmented and riddled with corruption, its people with little hope for the future. In a fascinating account for anyone interested in Russia's current political struggles, Tim McDaniel explores the inability of all its leaders over the last two centuries--tsars and Communist rulers alike--to create the foundations of a viable modern society. The problem then and now, he argues, is rooted in a cultural trap endemic to Russian society and linked to a unique sense of destiny embodied by the "Russian idea."In its most basic sense, the Russian idea is the belief that Russia can forge a path in the modern world that sets itself apart from the West through adherence to shared beliefs, community, and equality. These cultural values, according to McDaniel, have mainly reversed the values of Western society rather than having provided a real alternative to them. By relying on the Russian idea in their programs of change, dictatorial governments almost unavoidably precipitated social breakdown.When the Yeltsin government declared war on the Communist past, it broke with deeply held Russian values and traditions. McDaniel shows that in cutting people off from their pasts and promoting the West as the sole model of modernity, the reformers have simultaneously undermined the foundations of Russian morality and the people's sense of a future. Unwittingly, the Yeltsin government has thereby annihilated its own authority.McDaniel lived in Russia for three years during both the Communist and post-Communist periods. Basing his analysis on broad historical research, extensive travels, countless interviews and conversations, and friendships with Russians from all walks of life, McDaniel emphasizes the perils of assuming that Russians understand the world in the same way that we do, and so can and should become like us. Challenging and provocative in its claims, this book is intended for anyone seeking to understand Russia's attempts to create a new society.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aCommunism
_zSoviet Union.
650 0 _aPolitical culture
_zRussia (Federation)
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPost-communism
_zRussia (Federation).
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zRussia (Federation).
650 7 _aHISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
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