catherine the great

In Daniel Rancour-Laferriere’s ambitious psychohistorical study, The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering, the author, a psychoanalytically-oriented Russian studies scholar, presents an overarching thesis: that Russian character was long grounded in masochistic tendencies. Scholars have long recognized that folktales as well as popular literature often express recurring psychological themes specific to […]

This is the first half of a full talk which can be obtained by subscribing to JaysAnalysis at the PayPal link for 4.95 per month or 60.00 per year. Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnson joins me to cover material you won’t hear touched anywhere else. A scholar of philosophy as well as a priest, Hegel and Russian thought, Dr.