essay
The psychology of Great Russians
people of great Russia: a psychological study • London • Published In 1949 • Pages: 91-194
By: Gorer, Geoffrey.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study highlights behaviors presumed typical of adult Russians, the most important reflecting deep-seated contradictions and ambiguities in the Russian cultural ethos related to equality, hierarchy, love and compassion. In particular, the author notes the ubiquity of extreme behavioral swings (e.g. between cruelty and kindness), not just in living Russian men but also in major fictional characters in the works of popular novelists, poets, and playwrights, attributing this trait to infant swaddling. A swaddled infant cannot physically express pain and frustration as its body is held tight. It instead relies on other means, most notably communicating with the eyes, and, to an extent, with words.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Social personality
- Ethos
- Social relationships and groups
- Ethnopsychology
- Infant feeding
- Infant care
- Child care
- Techniques of socialization
- Transmission of cultural norms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Russians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date given
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1917-1947
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Geoffrey Gorer
- People of Great Russia: a psychological study, by Geoffrey Gorer and John Rickman
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 50002111
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Russians
- Soviet Union--Social life and customs