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Ep. #072 - Alexei Yurchak
No full textThis recording and transcript form part of a collection of podcasts conducted by the Cultures of Energy at Rice University. Cultures of Energy brings writers, artists and scholars together to talk, think and feel their way into the Anthropocene. We cover serious issues like climate change, species extinction and energy transition. But we also try to confront seemingly huge and insurmountable problems with insight, creativity and laughter.To help us sort through a week dominated by spiraling Russo-American political intrigue, we welcome (13:01) to the podcast Berkeley anthropologist, Alexei Yurchak, analyst extraordinaire of all things late Soviet and post Soviet, and author of the award-winning Everything was Forever Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation (Princeton, 2005). We trace the connections between that project’s exploration of culture and politics at the end of state socialism and Alexei’s current research on the scientists who have been working to preserve Lenin’s body since 1924. We talk about the fascinating intersection of biopolitics and necropolitics involved in the effort to maintain Lenin’s body in a lifelike state for almost a century, how discursive hegemony of form in the late Soviet period also informed corporeal hegemony of form, the results of this science that you can find in your own pharmacy, and the network of political leaders’ bodies across the world that Soviet and now Russian scientists have worked to preserve. Alexei dispels the idea that cloning was ever on the table in this project; but explains that his interlocutors do believe that they can now keep Lenin’s body in a near-life state in perpetuity. We return from there to the contemporary political chaos and what Alexei makes of the Trump-Putin entanglement stories currently dominating the headlines. Alexei shares his concerns about the powerful return of Russophobia to the United States, about what popular characterizations of Russia get wrong, and about how anti-Russian sentiment may provide a convenient excuse to defer a serious examination of the root causes of Trumpism. Ready to take a break from the political hysteria? Then listen on
“Il faut continuer”: always-on capitalism and subjectivity
Full text linkThis is an accepted manuscript of a chapter published by Bloomsbury Academic in Politics of the Many: Contemporary Radical Thought and the Crisis of Agency, edited by Ben Halligan, Alexei Penzin, Stefano Pippa and Rebecca Carson. The accepted manuscript of the publication may differ from the final published version. For re-use please see the publisher's terms and conditions
Oral history interview with Father Alexei Anthony Michalenko
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Father Alexei Anthony Michalenko earned a B.A. in Philosophy (1965) and an M.A. in Theology (1969) from The Catholic University of America. Ordained to the priesthood in the Byzantine-Slav tradition (1968), he subsequently earned a post-graduate degree in Eastern Church Studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, Italy, with residence at the Russian College. He completed an M.S. in Psychology (1984), specializing in Pastoral Counseling (Loyola College – Baltimore) and that same year assumed a post in Campus Ministry as a full-time chaplain at the Law Center, providing a wide range of services: liturgical celebrations, marriage preparation and celebration, baptisms, memorial services and counseling, among others. A priest of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of Van Nuys, California, he ministers in both the Byzantine Catholic and Roman Catholic traditions.Father Michalenko is introduced by Sister Dorinda Young and the interview took place at Georgetown University Law Center
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Alexei Naranov, About Leatherwork and Crafts
No full textAlexei talks about manual pelt processing, the use of leather in clothing, as well as about blacksmiths and saddles. Darina: Do you have craftsmen in your family? Alexei: I made things myself. Also, my mother used to process lamb skin from which she made hats. Darina: How did she process a skin? Alexei: After the sheep was slaughtered, she took its skin and scraped it to soften it. Darina: How was the skin fermented? Alexei: A big pot is filled with fermented milk. The skin becomes soft in this solution. All the dirt comes off. Afterwards the skin is dried. Darina: Was chalk applied to the skin? Alexei: Yes, chalk was applied to it to make it white. Afterwards, the skin was shaken out to get rid of the chalk. Darina: What did people make from a horse’s skin? Alexei: People made everything. Darina: Did people make winter coats? Alexei: Winter coats were made from a sheep’s skin. A horse’s skin was used to make a coat called dokha as well as various covers. Darina: In dokha, was the fur inside out? Alexei: Yes. Darina: A coat from a sheep’s skin - was its fur inside? Alexei: Yes, inside. Darina: Did you have blacksmiths? Alexei: Yes. Darina: What did they do? Who were they? Alexei: They did repair works in our kolkhoz. They looked after tractors and equipment. They were all Russian men. Darina: In the past, who made saddles? Alexei: There were masters who made them. Saddles were made from pieces of wood that were glued together. Darina: Were stirrups the only metal part in saddles? Alexei: Yes. Darina: Were there any specialists who made stirrups? Alexei: We bought iron stirrups in Astrakhan. Kalmyks covered the top of their saddles with a cow’s skin. Pelt was used to make whips and other things. Darina: What kind of skin was a whip made from? Alexei: From a cow’s pelt. Darina: Was it used to make clothing? Alexei: No, a cow’s pelt was used to make boots or shoes only
The First Name Alexei: a Motif in The Brothers Karamazov
No full textРассматривается проблема обоснования гипотезы автобиографической мотивировки имени Алексея Карамазова на уровне поэтики романа «Братья Карамазовы». Доказывается, что память о младшем сыне Достоевского в значительной степени определяет топику и ряд значимых мотивов романа, одним из которых является само имя «Алексей».The article studies the problem of the hypothesis foundation of the autobiographic motivation for Alexei Karamazov's name with reference to the poetics of the novel The Brothers Karamazov. The author argues that Dostoyevsky's memories of his younger son determine the topic and a number of the novel's most significant motifs to a considerable extent, one of the motifs being the name Alexei proper
What’s behind Alexei Navalny’s digital challenge to Vladimir Putin’s regime? Five things to know.
No full textMy research on the anti-corruption and pro-democracy campaign of Alexei Navalny in Russia looks at the alternative communication space that Navalny and his followers built using social media platforms. This space now dominates online political discussion in Russia. It also influences traditional media and the political agenda of the country, giving Navalny a far-ranging voice
Alexei Miller, The Romanov Empire and Nationalism
Full text linkA new imperial history of the Russian Empire hardly breaks new ground — reprints of older publications show that this paradigm shift is well established by now. However, Alexei Miller’s anthology demonstrates that this approach can still pose stimulating questions and provide complex and unexpected answers. The book presents more than a welcomed English collection of Miller’s main publications: some of the contributions are new, some have undergone “significant changes,” as the author puts it..
Alexei Miller, The Romanov Empire and Nationalism
Full text linkA new imperial history of the Russian Empire hardly breaks new ground — reprints of older publications show that this paradigm shift is well established by now. However, Alexei Miller’s anthology demonstrates that this approach can still pose stimulating questions and provide complex and unexpected answers. The book presents more than a welcomed English collection of Miller’s main publications: some of the contributions are new, some have undergone “significant changes,” as the author puts it..
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ASTP Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov
No full text(17 July 1975) – ASTP cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonovhttps://dc.swosu.edu/staf_pho/1934/thumbnail.jp
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