Part I: Religion
Chapter 1: Spirituality and Education in Early Medieval Rus’
Chapter 2: Religious Culture in Muscovy: The Fifteenth through
Seventeenth Centuries
Chapter 3: St. Petersburg: Development of Secular Culture
Chapter 4: Religion in Russia Today
Chapter 5: A Culture Oriented toward Expression: The Legacy
Part II: Russian Collectivism and the Work Ethic
Chapter 6: Historical Origins of the Russian Work Ethic
Chapter 7: Attitudes toward Work through the Eyes of Russian
Literature
Part III: Legal Nihilism: The Tradition of Law and Morality in
Russia
Chapter 8: A Case Study: Vitaly Kaloyev—A Murderer or a Hero?
Chapter 9: Concepts of Legal Nihilism in the Contemporary Russian
Context
Chapter 10: Historical Roots of Russian Legal Nihilism
Chapter 11: Law in Contemporary Russia
Part IV: Perceptions and Reactions
Chapter 12: Russian Perceptions of America: Historical
Perspective
Chapter 13: Individual Characteristics of Consciousness and
Perception of a Foreign Culture
Chapter 14: Development of Individual Consciousness within National
Culture
Chapter 15: Asymmetry in Russians’ Perception of America and
Americans’ Perception of Russia
Konstantin V. Kustanovich is professor emeritus of Russian at Vanderbilt University.
Konstantin V. Kustanovich’s book is unique in its
well-substantiated historical approach to the development of
Russian culture. Going back to the beginnings of the centralized
Moscow state in the fifteenth century and moving through the
centuries to today’s reality, he convincingly establishes the
continuity and persistency of such core cultural aspects as
Russia’s peculiar kind of Christianity, collectivism, legal
nihilism, and nationalism. He also connects these features of
national culture to the way Russians perceive America. The book
represents a valuable contribution to understanding Russian culture
vis-à-vis the Western world.
*Andrei V. Korobkov, Middle Tennessee State University*
This study is a perceptive ‘De Tocquevillian’ view of American and
Russian cultures by a Russian scholar familiar with both countries,
full of insights that deserve thoughtful consideration by American
and Russian policymakers alike – with attention to latent
considerations and provocative parallels, contemporary and
historical which continue to bedevil efforts to find a common
language and accommodations.
*William E. Butler, Pennsylvania State University*
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