The Rise and Decline of Soviet Morality: Culture, Ideology, Collective Practices
In the article, it is proposed that the collapse of Soviet society was presaged by a growing crisis in late Soviet morality. On the periphery of late Soviet morality, collective cultural practices are seen to have successfully functioned based on a limited ethics of virtue. In the absence of an alte...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Ural Federal University
2020-10-01
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| Series: | Changing Societies & Personalities |
| Online Access: | https://changing-sp.com/ojs/index.php/csp/article/view/131 |
| Summary: | In the article, it is proposed that the collapse of Soviet society was presaged by a growing crisis in late Soviet morality. On the periphery of late Soviet morality, collective cultural practices are seen to have successfully functioned based on a limited ethics of virtue. In the absence of an alternative to Soviet ideology, social regulation started to draw upon values intended for the reproduction of local communities. A growing contradiction between the limited values of the new social class/corporate entities and the need to develop universal values for a big society is currently the key ideological legitimation problem facing the Russian political order. |
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| ISSN: | 2587-6104 2587-8964 |