Screen LibraryRepublicanism in Russia : community before and after Communism /
Marxism was the loser in the Cold War, but Oleg Kharkhordin is not surprised that liberal democracy failed to take root after the Soviet Union's dissolution. He suggests that Russians find a path to freedom by looking to the classical tradition of republican self-government and civic engagement...
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Harvard University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Marxism was the loser in the Cold War, but Oleg Kharkhordin is not surprised that liberal democracy failed to take root after the Soviet Union's dissolution. He suggests that Russians find a path to freedom by looking to the classical tradition of republican self-government and civic engagement already familiar from their history and literature.-- |
| Carrier Form: | 307 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780674976726 067497672X |
| Index Number: | JC423 |
| CLC: | D751.22 |
| Call Number: | D751.22/K455 |
| Contents: | Friendship and politics -- Res publica in words and things -- Society and socialness -- A society of common-ism -- Self-cognition and self-fashioning in contemporary Russia -- Inspired and aspiring selves: is Russia doomed to creativity?. |