The Power of the Picture, Poem, Prayer, and Person: Mythic Consciousness and Russian Sensibilities from the Icon and Pushkin, to Malevich and Mayakovsky
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Abstract
Within Stalin's regime, elements of mythical idealism run parallel, though somewhat invisibly, to those of dialectical materialism in the modes of cultural production. It is especially difficult to pinpoint these elements, for they lie in a world opposed to the scientific and thus must be regarded in part as illusory. Yet this illusory spirit constantly marks Russia's history and therefore I chart a course into such domain to question the relationship between Russian spirituality and Russian creative expression in the period of the utopian dream. Susanne Langer in Feeling and Form describes aamp;amp;amp;amp;quot;mythic consciousnessaamp;amp;amp;amp;quot; as the means of understanding the world in primitive phases of social development. From a Marxist-Stalinist perspective, as a shift from the primitive toward the cultured, idealism represented a continuation of the primitive. And as the shift toward Marxist ideology during the periods of great revolution was a movement away from the primitive, it marked a shift towards the perfection of discursive forms. Yet, through all this strife and shifting, a common element runs through all Russian/Soviet Literature and the Arts; regardless of era or art form, that difficult concept to define known as the Mysterious Russian Soul is what marks the greatness of Russia's contribution to Arts and the Humanities.
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Through publication of the International Journal of Arts Management, the Carmelle and Rémi Marcoux Chair in Arts Management contributes to HEC Montréal’s global reach while consolidating its position as a world leader in research on cultural organizations. The Chair publishes teaching materials that are used in several universities both in Quebec and elsewhere. A prime example is the book Marketing Culture and the Arts, which has been translated into 11 languages. The Chair also publishes research and conference proceedings on topics of interest to managers in the arts and cultural sector. Aims: offers insight into management processes, and the ways in which arts organizations operate within the various disciplines of management, including marketing, human resources, finance, accounting, production and operation processes, and administration; identifies and encourages the development of best practices in the management of culture and the arts, and promotes their use through the publication of case studies and analyses; addresses current issues of key relevance to cultural and arts organizations in a rigorous and detailed fashion; presents studies, measurements, and other empirical research in the field of arts and cultural management; provides a forum for challenging and debating coherent theories and models, as well as their application in cultural and arts practice.