HIV Is God's Blessing: Rehabilitating Morality in Neoliberal Russia Contributor(s): Zigon, Jarrett (Author) |
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ISBN: 0520267648 ISBN-13: 9780520267640 Publisher: University of California Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: December 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
Dewey: 303.372 |
LCCN: 2010039368 |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.79 lbs) 280 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Topical - AIDS |
Features: Bibliography, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: This provocative study examines the role of today's Russian Orthodox Church in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Russia has one of the fastest-growing rates of HIV infection in the world-80 percent from intravenous drug use-and the Church remains its only resource for fighting these diseases. Jarrett Zigon takes the reader into a Church-run treatment center where, along with self-transformational and religious approaches, he explores broader anthropological questions-of morality, ethics, what constitutes a "normal" life, and who defines it as such. Zigon argues that this rare Russian partnership between sacred and political power carries unintended consequences: even as the Church condemns the influence of globalization as the root of the problem it seeks to combat, its programs are cultivating citizen-subjects ready for self-governance and responsibility, and better attuned to a world the Church ultimately opposes. |
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