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The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture

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Description for The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture Paperback. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Bernice Glatzer. Num Pages: 480 pages, 34. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HRQX; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.

A pioneering, richly interdisciplinary volume, this is the first work in any language on a subject that has long attracted interest in the West and is now of consuming interest in Russia itself. The cultural ferment unleashed by the collapse of the Soviet Union reawakened interest in the study of Russian religion and spirituality. This book provides a comprehensive account of the influence of occult beliefs and doctrines on intellectual and cultural life in twentieth-century Russia.

Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal's introduction delineates the characteristics of occult cosmology which distinguish it from mysticism and theology, and situates Russian occultism in historical and ... Read more

Contributors: Mikhail Agursky, Hebrew University; Valentina Brougher, Georgetown University; Maria Carlson, University of Kansas; Robert Davis, New York Public Library; Mikhail Epstein, Emory University; Kristi Groberg, North Dakota State University; Irina Gutkin, UCLA; Michael Hagemeister, Ruhr University, Bochum; Linda Ivanits, Pennsylvania State University; Edward Kasinec, New York Public Library; Judith Deutsch Kornblatt, University of Wisconsin; Hakan Lövgren, Independent Scholar; Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal, Fordham University; William F. Ryan, Warburg Institute, London; Holly Denio Stephens, University of Kansas; Anthony Vanchu, University of Texas, Austin; Renata Von Maydell, Munich University; George Young, Independent Scholar

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
733g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801483318
SKU
V9780801483318
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99-1

About Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal (Ed.)
Bernice Glatzer Rosenthal is Professor of History at Fordham University. She has edited or co-authored four books, most recently Nietzsche and Soviet Culture: Ally and Adversary.

Reviews for The Occult in Russian and Soviet Culture
"This book succeeds in making a strong case for a relatively widespread fad for occult works in pre- and post-industrial Russia. . . . This rich, diverse collection of essays makes an enormous contribution to our understanding of the cultural history of late imperial and Soviet Russia. After reading this book, it will be impossible to approach the thinkers and ... Read more

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