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Article: Swaddled Nation: Modern Mother Russia and a Psychohistorical Reassessment of Stalin
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- The Journal of Psychohistory
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright Association for Psychohistory, Inc. Summer 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Will we soon be using the phrase "Putinism"? After all, if we take a quick look at the headlines, totalitarian rule in Russia under Vladimir Putin may be reemerging. Conventional social scientists in the West see Putin's duty clearly laid out in front of him: take the earth's largest nation, make
its people and goals cohesive, and drive it toward democracy. But is that really the goal? Perhaps the reason a smooth path toward a free, democratic Russia seems elusive is the long held psychogenic mode in which democracy and personal freewill is a foreign concept with no bearing on the Russian experience. Under his KGB-trained gaze, Putin recognizes the deep, psychological longings of his ...
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Article: Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia, ...
Perspectives on Political Science;
June 22, 1997 ;
700+ words
... ... during the formative period of Stalin's Russia (1926-1934). In his reexamination ... understanding of this period in Russia's history. For advanced undergraduates ... Industry, State, and Society in Stalin's Russia is an excellent source for those ...
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