The slave soul of Russia [electronic resource] : moral masochism and the cult of suffering / Daniel Rancour-Laferriere.

Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th and 17th centuries, ancient religious tracts empha...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Project MUSE)
Main Author:	Rancour-Laferriere, Daniel
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : New York University Press, ©1995.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	National characteristics, Russian. Masochism > Russia (Federation) Self-destructive behavior > Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation) > Civilization. Civilization. Masochism. Self-destructive behavior. Russia (Federation)