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Biopolitics of Stalinism

Ideology and Life in Soviet Socialism

By: Sergei Prozorov

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Biopolitics of Stalinism

Ideology and Life in Soviet Socialism

By: Sergei Prozorov

Western theories of biopolitics focus on its liberal and fascist rationalities. In opposition to this, Stalinism is oriented more towards transforming life in accordance with the communist ideal, and less towards protecting it. Sergei Prozorov reconstructs this rationality in the early Stalinist project of the Great Break (1928-32) and its subsequent modifications during High Stalinism. He then relocates the question of biopolitics down to the level of the subject, tracing the way the 'new Soviet person' was to be produced in governmental practices and the role that violence and terror would play in this construction. Throughout, he engages with the canonical theories of Michel Foucault, Giorgio Agamben and Roberto Esposito, and the 'new materialist' theories of Michel Henry, Quentin Meillassoux and Catherine Malabou to critique the conventional approaches to biopolitics

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Edinburgh University Press

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1474410553

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9781474410557

Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia

Debt, Property, and the Law in the Age of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

By: Sergei Antonov

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Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia

Debt, Property, and the Law in the Age of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy

By: Sergei Antonov

As readers of classic Russian literature know, the nineteenth century was a time of pervasive financial anxiety. With incomes erratic and banks inadequate, Russians of all social castes were deeply enmeshed in networks of credit and debt. The necessity of borrowing and lending shaped perceptions of material and moral worth, as well as notions of social respectability and personal responsibility. Credit and debt were defining features of imperial Russia’s culture of property ownership. Sergei Antonov recreates this vanished world of borrowers, bankrupts, lenders, and loan sharks in imperial Russia from the reign of Nicholas I to the period of great social and political reforms of the 1860s. Poring over a trove of previously unexamined records, Antonov gleans insights into the experiences of ordinary Russians, rich and poor, and shows how Russia’s informal but sprawling credit system helped cement connections among property owners across socioeconomic lines. Individuals of varying rank and wealth commonly borrowed from one another. Without a firm legal basis for formalizing debt relationships, obtaining a loan often hinged on subjective perceptions of trustworthiness and reputation. Even after joint-stock banks appeared in Russia in the 1860s, credit continued to operate through vast networks linked by word of mouth, as well as ties of kinship and community. Disputes over debt were common, and Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia offers close readings of legal cases to argue that Russian courts—usually thought to be underdeveloped in this era—provided an effective forum for defining and protecting private property interests.

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Harvard University Press

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0674972619

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9780674972612

Lev Shternberg

Anthropologist, Russian Socialist, Jewish Activist

By: Sergei Kan

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Lev Shternberg

Anthropologist, Russian Socialist, Jewish Activist

By: Sergei Kan

This intellectual biography of Lev Shternberg (1861 1927) illuminates the development of professional anthropology in late imperial and early Soviet Russia. Shortly after the formation of the Soviet Union the government initiated a detailed ethnographic survey of the country s peoples. Lev Shternberg, who as a political exile during the late tsarist period had conducted ethnographic research in northeastern Siberia, was one of the anthropologists who directed this survey and consequently played a major role in influencing the professionalization of anthropology in the Soviet Union. But Shternberg was much more than a government anthropologist. Under the new regime he continued his work as the senior curator of the St. Petersburg Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, which began in the early 1900s. In the last decade of his life Shternberg also played a leading role in establishing a new Soviet school of cultural anthropology and in training a cohort of professional anthropologists. True to the ideals of his youth, he also continued an active involvement in the intellectual life of the Jewish community, even though the new regime was making it increasingly difficult. This in-depth biography explores the scholarly and political aspects of Shternberg s life and how they influenced each other. It also places his career in both national and international perspectives, showing the context in which he lived and worked and revealing the important developments in Russian anthropology during these tumultuous years.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803224702

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9780803224704

Sergei Rachmaninoff

A Lifetime in Music

By: Sergei Bertensson

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Sergei Rachmaninoff

A Lifetime in Music

By: Sergei Bertensson

Throughout his career as composer, conductor, and pianist, Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was an intensely private individual. When Bertensson and Leyda’s 1956 biography appeared, it lifted the veil of secrecy from several areas of Rachmaninoff’s life, especially concerning the genesis of his compositions and how their critical reception affected him. The authors consulted a number of people who knew Rachmaninoff, who worked with him, and who corresponded with him. Even with the availability of such sources and full access to the Rachmaninoff Archive at the Library of Congress, Bertensson and Leyda were tireless in their pursuit of privately held documents, particularly correspondence. The wonderfully engaging product of their labors masterfully incorporates primary materials into the narrative. Almost half a century after it first appeared, this volume remains essential reading. Sergei Bertensson, who knew Rachmaninoff, published other works on music and film, often with a documentary emphasis.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1787204340

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9781787204348

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Vitreous State

By: Sergei Vladimir Nemilov

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Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Vitreous State

By: Sergei Vladimir Nemilov

This is the first book to logically present the major problems of the vitreous state within the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. Filled with elementary explanations for difficult problems, this easily understood text/reference treats in detail the criteria of glass transition, the peculiarities of relaxing structural parameters, and the Prigogine-Defay ratio. Based on the author's rigorous generalization of the Second Law for non-equilibrium, the book systematizes all known thermodynamic data for glasses and melts. The thermodynamic essence of structural relaxation and memory effects are considered. The viscous flow theories are treated as a constituent of the kinetic description. All theoretical questions are illustrated by comparison of calculations with the experiments for glasses of inorganic and organic nature, with special attention to structural classification. An informative review of modern structural investigations is included. The bibliography follows the history of the main problems from the nineteenth century.

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CRC Press

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0849337828

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9780849337826

Nonlinear Equations with Small Parameter

By: Sergei Glebov,Nikolai Tarkhanov,Oleg M. Kiselev

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Nonlinear Equations with Small Parameter

By: Sergei Glebov,Nikolai Tarkhanov,Oleg M. Kiselev

This book presents new methodsfor theconstruction of global asymptotics of solutions to nonlinear equations with small parameter. With these methodsit is possible to matchasymptotics of various properties with each other in transition regions and to get unified formulas for connectedcharacteristic parameters of approximate solutions.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110335697

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9783110335699

Book's by Sergei Glebov

Biopolitics of Stalinism

Biopolitics of Stalinism

Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia

Bankrupts and Usurers of Imperial Russia

Lev Shternberg

Lev Shternberg

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Vitreous State

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Vitreous State

Nonlinear Equations with Small Parameter

Nonlinear Equations with Small Parameter

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