1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on The Spirit of Socialism: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501781513/the-spirit-of-socialism/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/OGLO8fW9hDnmYeR2CzmGMZ5lNEo?utm_source=copy_url Joseph Kellner is a historian of Russia and the Soviet Union at the University of Georgia. We spoke to Joseph about why the collapse of the Soviet Union resulted in a dramatic increase in spiritual seeking by the mainstream population, the many colorful and memorable spiritual leaders who rose to prominence at that time, and why these new and apparently un-Soviet spiritual pursuits were most avidly supported, and practiced, by people with university and graduate degrees.