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Engel`shtein, Lora (Engelstein, Laura) Skoptsy i Tsarstvo Nebesnoe
[ Skoptsy i Tsarstvo Nebesnoe]
Castration and the Heavenly Kingdom
Comp. by E.E. Zaitseva
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2002
328 p
Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm
ISBN: 5867931781
Language: RussianLaura Engelstein, professor of Yale University, describes the everyday life and beliefs of the old Russian sect who made themselves eunuchs for glory of the Heavenly Kingdom. This sect emerged in the 18th century and survived up to the soviet period. The author studies this phenomenon in the context of modern theory of personal and group self-identity, cultural norm and borders, and the socio-cultural consequences of their violation. Comments, name index.
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