Sociology and Anthropology 335 - Russian Culture and Society

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Colgate University

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N. Ries In this course, students explore diverse aspects of Russian culture, past and present: folklore, folk beliefs, and religion; language and the symbolic structuring of Russian identity; the family and gender relations; economic and power relations; class and structures of social hierarchy and prestige; authoritarianism and utopianism in Russian history; ideas about work, wealth, and collective prosperity; war, militarism, and Russian/Soviet imperialism. The class devotes specific attention to pre-revolutionary peasant society, the 1917 revolution, the Soviet period, perestroika, and post-Soviet Russia, examining the complex social and cultural forces that produce both change and continuity. Not open to first-year students. This course is crosslisted as RUSS 335.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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