The Self and the Power
Sketches on Homo heroicus and Homo sovieticus
Osteuropa 12/2007
Manfred Sapper, Volker Weichsel (Ed.)
Berlin (BWV) 2007 [= Osteuropa 12/2007]
176 pages, 31 figures
Price: 15,00 €
ISBN: 978-3-8305-1254-7
Deutsche Fassung
Contents
- Editorial
The Ego and the Riddle of Power - Heiko Haumann
“Heroes” and “the people” in Eastern Europe
A rapprochement - Eveline Passet
In the distorting mirror of history
German images of Ilya Ehrenburg - Dietmar Neutatz
Identification and the creation of meaning
Integrative elements in the Soviet Union - Boris Dubin
A society of the adjusted
The Brezhnev era and its significance today - Thomas M. Bohn
“Resistance” and “insubordination” in Minsk
Resistive behaviour in the Soviet Union - Ilshat Gimadeev, Jan Plamper
Tatarstan: the myth surrounding Musa Dzhalil
A projection surface for identity - Rainer Karlsch
Stalin, the bluff and the bomb
The confusion surrounding the first Soviet atomic test