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the idea that it's inherent to the Russian psyche is a kind of essentialism, no? I would think that if it exists at all, it would be cultural or environmental.
by beaconstudios 5y ago
the idea that it's inherent to the Russian psyche is a kind of essentialism, no? I would think that if it exists at all, it would be cultural or environmental.
- wyager 5y ago> I would think that if it exists at all, it would be cultural or environmental. Russia has both a culture and an environment.
- beaconstudios 5y agothen it's not part of the "Russian psyche", is it? It's just that Russia can just suck.
- perl4ever 5y agoIt sounds like you consider the land to be separate and apart from the country or nation. Do words like родина or отечество have a connotation of an intimate relationship between the people and the land, though? In English, one synonym for indigenous is autochthonous, supposed to stem from Greek for literally "people arising out of the earth".