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Russia and the United States (Paperback)
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Throughout the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet
Union viewed themselves as saviors of the world, and each saw
itself as working on behalf of humanity against the other. The
unexpected implosion of the Soviet empire in 1989 brought an end to
this bipolar world and left both nations uncertain about their
relations to the world and to each other. Antagonism between the
United States and Russia is rooted in a lack of knowledge of each
other's culture and history. This pioneering volume, first
published in 1944 at the height of the U.S.-Soviet alliance, steers
us through the labyrinth of mutual ignorance that continues in the
post-Cold War era. Pitirim Alexandrovitch Sorokin is one of the
major figures of modern sociology. Born in rural Russia in 1889, he
took an active part in the country's political life. Following his
emigration to the United States, he strove to develop an insider's
knowledge of his new home. "Russia and the United States" was
written in the hope of fostering cooperation between the two
countries in the postwar world. By noting a shared belief in each
nation's historical role or "exceptionalism," Sorokin argues that
there is a fundamental compatibility in the basic values of the two
countries, facilitated by shared mental, cultural, and social
attitudes that preceded the communist period. Without minimizing
the tyrannical nature of the Soviet regime, Sorokin locates and
traces the development of democratic tendencies in Russia. He also
points out that American democracy has not been fully achieved and
that both nations have yet to fulfill their ideals. Both countries
have been melting pots of diverse racial, ethnic, national, and
cultural groups and peoples, and from their multiethnic
composition, Russia and the United States have each developed a
rich and creative culture. Sorokin rejects the notion of
diametrically opposed American and Russian "souls," in favor of an
appreciation of shared values.
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