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Euphoria and Exhaustion
Nikolaus Katzer
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Paperback. The architects of the Soviet Union intended not merely to remake their society - they also had an ambitious plan to remake the citizenry physically, with the goal of perfecting the socialist ideal of man. This title shows, the Soviet leadership used sports as one of the primary arenas in which to deploy. Editor(s): Katzer, Nikolaus; Budy, Sandra; Kohring, Alexandra; Zeller, Manfred. Num Pages: 363 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; JHBS; JPV; WSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 25. .
The architects of the Soviet Union intended not merely to remake their society - they also had an ambitious plan to remake the citizenry physically, with the goal of perfecting the socialist ideal of man. As "Euphoria and Exhaustion" shows, the Soviet leadership used sports as one of the primary arenas in which to deploy and test their efforts to mechanize and perfect the human body, drawing on knowledge from physiology, biology, medicine, and hygiene. At the same time, however, such efforts, like any form of social control, could easily lead to discontent - and thus, the editors show, a ... Read more
The architects of the Soviet Union intended not merely to remake their society - they also had an ambitious plan to remake the citizenry physically, with the goal of perfecting the socialist ideal of man. As "Euphoria and Exhaustion" shows, the Soviet leadership used sports as one of the primary arenas in which to deploy and test their efforts to mechanize and perfect the human body, drawing on knowledge from physiology, biology, medicine, and hygiene. At the same time, however, such efforts, like any form of social control, could easily lead to discontent - and thus, the editors show, a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
363
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Frankfurt, Germany
ISBN
9783593392905
SKU
V9783593392905
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About Nikolaus Katzer
Nikolaus Katzer is director of the German Historical Institute in Moscow and a professor at Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, where Sandra Budy, Alexandra Kohring, and Manfred Zeller were assistant researchers on a project about sports in the Soviet Union.
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