The Grand Narrative of the Mukhomor: 'Communist Dunaev' as a Mushroom Eater in Mifogennaia Liubov’ Kast: Understanding the Ethnobotanical History of the Younger Group of Russian Conceptualists
| Autor: | Dennis Ioffe |
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| Přispěvatelé: | ARTES (FGw) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Sociology and Political Science Conceptualism media_common.quotation_subject post-Soviet literature 0507 social and economic geography Modern history Mukhomor Religions non-chrétiennes Russian Postmodernism Cultural Sciences 050701 cultural studies Langue et littérature russes CULTURE Religious experience Sacrifice Heaven Narrative LAUGHTER Communism media_common Russian literature Literature Histoire des religions business.industry 05 social sciences World War II literature 06 humanities and the arts Mythology 060202 literary studies mushrooms Avant-Garde fly agaric Amanita muscaria 0602 languages and literature Russian Conceptualism Hallucinogens Histoire culturelle business ART |
| Zdroj: | The Soviet and Post-Soviet Review, 47(2), 135-184. Brill SOVIET AND POST SOVIET REVIEW The Soviet and post-Soviet review, 47 (2 |
| ISSN: | 1075-1262 1876-3324 |
| Popis: | This article addresses the complex role of mushrooms, particularly that of the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) [Russian: Mukhomor], in the art of Moscow conceptualism in a broad setting. This paper explores the mythopoetic theme of mushroom-induced beliefs, which influenced the Moscow conceptualists, and employs background historical scholarship by R.G. Wasson, V.N. Toporov, T.J. Elizarenkova, and others. Aside from the mushrooms per se that were particularly important for Moscow conceptualism, this article also mentions various ethno-botanical entheogens (i.e. biochemical substances such as plants or drugs ingested in order to undergo certain spiritual experience, or “generating the divine within”). Apart from analyzing the ethnobotanical historical background of manifesting hallucinogenic mushrooms on the Russian soil (including Siberia), this article focuses on Pavel Peppershtein’s novel Mifogennaia Liubov’ Kast (The Mythogenic Love of the Castes), which was co-authored with Sergey Anufriev. As the narrative of the novel unfolds, its main character, the Communist Partorg (Party Organizer) Dunaev, is wounded and shell-shocked at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War (World War II). Partorg Dunaev finds himself deep in a mysterious forest, where he inadvertently snacks on unknown hallucinogenic mushrooms. He subsequently transforms into an exceptionally strong wizard who is capable of fighting spectral enemies both on earth and in heaven. The reader discovers the so-called “parallel war” sweeping over the Russian territory where legendary Russian/Soviet fairy heroes are locked in combat with their opponents, the characters of the Western children’s tales, and books. A heroic mushroom-eater, Partorg Dunaev joins one of the sides in this fight and gradually reaches the “utmost limits of sacrifice and self-rejection.” This article contextualizes the fungi-entheogenic episodes of Moscow conceptualism into a broader sphere of constructed visionary/ hallucinogenic reality by focusing on psilocybin fungi, particularly the fly agaric/Amanita muscaria/Mukhomor, and their cultural significance. info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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