Homo Sovieticus

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According to the Russian scholar-educator Nikolay Nikandrov, the expression Homo sovieticus is an insulting name invented by the critics of Soviet power for the "new man" mentioned as part of the new anthropological construct whose development was declared in the Soviet Union ("Soviet people"). Taip pat yra simbolinė „Prisiminimų alėja“, kurioje eksponuojami sovietmečiu gyvenusių konkrečių asmenybių portretai. Cases such as this led Arutyunyan to a wider diagnosis of Russia as a traumatised society unable to free itself from the psychological subjugation fostered during the long decades of Soviet rule.

Muziejus glaudžiasi senajame Tuskulėnų dvare, kurį 16 amžiaus viduryje įkūrė Lietuvos didysis kunigaikštis Žygimantas Augustas. Visa tai – rugsėjo 21 dieną Vilniuje duris atvėrusio naujo muziejaus „Projektas – Homo sovieticus“ eksponatai. In Soviet propaganda centered on the New Soviet Person, it was standard for men to be depicted as the primary actors, either battling opponents of the Marxist revolution or rebuilding the world. In keeping with the party line, Stalin reasserted the importance of women in the workforce and female education, primarily literacy, although he began to emphasize the role of mother in a way that differed from more radical notions of the early 1920s. Sometimes, there are critical junctures, that is, important historical events that reshape the institutional settings in such a way as to encourage and strengthen certain patterns of behavior.Pasak muziejaus vadovės Dovilės Lauraitienės, kiekvienas lankytojas turės pats sau atsakyti, kiek totalitarinei sistemai pavyko įgyvendinti šį projektą – sukurti Homo sovieticus. This archetypal “Soviet man” is, in the words of Leszek Kolakowski, an “ideological schizophrenic, honest liar, a person always ready for constant and voluntary mental self-mutilations. Historian Stephen Wheatcroft states that Soviet peasantry were subject to cultural destruction in the creation of the New Soviet man. Upon arrival on Russia's political scene, Vladimir Putin made it seem as if there was nothing wrong with being Russian or a former Soviet citizen. Socialist Ideology and Post-Collectivist Discourse in the Late Soviet Era,” in Neringa Klumbyte and Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, eds.

The recent revival of the term homo sovieticus (or Soviet man) in the media and intellectual discourse is a good illustration of this trend.

Both approaches (totalitarian model and the systems theory) articulated in the 1960s could be viewed as foundational to Levada’s intellectual development. Estonian Soviet Man became particularly active during the coronavirus period, when the amount of distrust towards vaccines and state instructions in general peaked in some layers of Estonian society, accompanied by numerous conspiracy theories and dangerous myths about health and the virus. A fascinating but flawed account, The Future is History presents a Russia whose future in fact stands outside history, as its people are condemned decade after decade to rehearse the same drama of tyranny and obedience. Nevertheless, there is a significant number of people in Russia who show a lack of empathy or any sign of disapproval regarding the war. The grandmother tyrannised her daughter and granddaughter with demands for needless work and repeated invasions of their privacy.

It is also worth mentioning that Homo Sovieticus can be found outside Russia in the former Soviet Republics.Nor is contemporary Russia so exceptional in its embrace of ethno-nationalism, xenophobia and homophobia. Norėčiau padėkoti savo kolegoms Eugenijui Peikšteniui, Rasai Čepaitienei, Valdemarui Klumbiui, Arūnui Streikui, Virginijai Rudienei, Margaritai Matulaitytei, kurie buvo pirminės idėjos, vėliau išrutuliotos kartu su kitais mūsų istorikais ir autoriais, sumanytojai“, – interviu LRT. Russian sociologist Lev Gudkov, former director of the Analytical Center Levada, describes the makings of a "Soviet Man" as a lifelong socialization process, accompanied by a powerful propaganda machine, highly ideological education system, supported by a powerful apparatus of political repression, as well as various forms of social control, including neighbors, colleagues, or even family members. com/articles/the-evolution-of-homo-sovieticus-to-putins-man-59189; and “Putin and Homo Sovieticus,” The Guardian, November 17, 2017, at https://www.