Shamanism, sanity and remoteness in Russia
This article looks at the attempted trek of a ‘warrior shaman’ Alexandr Gabyshev from Yakutsk to Moscow, where his aim was to try to drive ‘the demon’ Putin out of the Kremlin. In particular, it explores Russian online responses to Gabyshev's campaign, as well as local reactions in the region w...
| Published in: | Anthropology Today |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8322.12560 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1467-8322.12560 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-8322.12560 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/1467-8322.12560 |
| Summary: | This article looks at the attempted trek of a ‘warrior shaman’ Alexandr Gabyshev from Yakutsk to Moscow, where his aim was to try to drive ‘the demon’ Putin out of the Kremlin. In particular, it explores Russian online responses to Gabyshev's campaign, as well as local reactions in the region where he was arrested, Buryatia. It is argued that the discourses of support are a sort of ‘removal’ (Saxer & Andersson 2019) within a nation state, establishing a deep rift between the local and distant observers. While it may take new forms, this disjunction is rooted in a long history of Russia's complicated relationship with its own orient. |
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