Galina Michailova

Seven Russian Archetypes

History & Biography

“In Seven Russian Archetypes, Svetozar Poštiæ tackles Russian philosophy, literature, visual arts, religion, politics, and ideology, exploring the mechanism of creation and functioning of the five archetypes—the Victim, the Wanderer, the Rebel, the Fool, and the Mother—relevant to Russian national and cultural consciousness, and arguing convincingly that archetypes such as the Peasant and the Intellectual determine the values underlying Russian social, economic, and political scenarios.”