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The Gumilev mystique biopolitics, Eurasianism, and the construction of community in modern Russia

Title
The Gumilev mystique [electronic resource] : biopolitics, Eurasianism, and the construction of community in modern Russia / Mark Bassin.
Author
Bassin, Mark.
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.

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Description
1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages) : illustrations.
Series Statement
Culture and society after socialism
Uniform Title
Gumilev mystique (Online)
Alternative Title
Gumilev mystique (Online)
Subject
  • Gumilev, L. N. 1912-1992
  • Ethnology > Soviet Union > History
  • Eurasian school
  • Soviet Union > Historiography
  • Soviet Union > Intellectual life
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-363) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The nature of ethnicity -- Ethnogenesis, passionarnostʹ and the biosphere -- Varieties of ethnic interaction -- The ethnogenetic drama of Russian history -- Soviet visions of society and nature -- Ethnicity as ideology and politics -- Gumilev and the Russian nationalists -- Neo-Eurasianism and the Russian question -- Biopolitics and the ubiquity of ethnicity -- "The patron of the Turkic peoples" -- Conclusion : the political significance of Gumilev.
LCCN
2015032013
OCLC
ssj0001639803
Author
Bassin, Mark.
Title
The Gumilev mystique [electronic resource] : biopolitics, Eurasianism, and the construction of community in modern Russia / Mark Bassin.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Series
Culture and society after socialism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-363) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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