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Jarrett Zigon - Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia - 9780857452092 - V9780857452092
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Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia

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Description for Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia Hardcover. The wide-ranging topics in this ethnographically based volume show the broad religious influence on both discursive and everyday moralities. The contributors reveal that although religion is a significant aspect of the various assemblages of morality, much like in other parts of the world, religion in postsocialist Russia cannot be separated.. Editor(s): Zigon, Jarrett. Num Pages: 244 pages, 5 ills. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRAM1; HRCC8; JFSR; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.

In the post-Soviet period morality became a debatable concept, open to a multitude of expressions and performances. From Russian Orthodoxy to Islam, from shamanism to Protestantism, religions of various kinds provided some of the first possible alternative moral discourses and practices after the end of the Soviet system. This influence remains strong today. Within the Russian context, religion and morality intersect in such social domains as the relief of social suffering, the interpretation of history, the construction and reconstruction of traditions, individual and social health, and business practices. The influence of religion is also apparent in the way in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857452092
SKU
V9780857452092
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99-15

About Jarrett Zigon
Jarrett Zigon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of Morality: An Anthropological Perspective (2008), Making the New Post-Soviet Person: Moral Experience in Contemporary Moscow (2010), and HIV is God’s Blessing: Rehabilitating Morality in Neoliberal Russia (2011). His articles can be found in Anthropological Theory, Ethnos, and Ethos among ... Read more

Reviews for Multiple Moralities and Religions in Post-Soviet Russia
“In this volume, the discussion of multiple moralities, religions and secularisms is put forth by multiple voices of researchers as well…representing different levels of ethnographic intimacy and theoretical engagement. While this disparity could end up as a flaw, as often happens with edited volumes, in this case it complements well the complexity of the moral worlds of informants and heterogeneity ... Read more

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