"Entuziazm" : the expert

[Katherine Lahti]

Hi Peter,

There is actually an expert on the Stalinist use of
"entuziazm," Malte Rolf at Humboldt University in
Berlin. Though he is broadly interested in Stalinist
culture on its own terms, he has a lot to say about
the word itself and can probably answer your question
about when it entered into the Russian language.

(With my work on Dionysus in Russia, I have become a
specialist on the word "ecstasy," so the two of us
were happy to find each other.)

Googling his name I found this:
http://repositories.cdlib.org/international/cees/wp/3/
but you will probably want to e-mail him:
malterolf at web.de  He's very nice and easy to talk to.
He'll be thrilled to learn about your work, I'm sure.

-Katherine


--- Peter Scotto <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU> wrote:

> Dear Professor Pavlov:
> 
> Thank you for this clarification.  Would you know
> when the word comes into
> Russian in this sense?
> 
> Peter Scotto
> Mount Holyoke College
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting Alexei Pavlov <bestpava at HOTMAIL.COM>:
> 
> > I would say that it's not an idea or cause but the
> feeling and aim, desire 
> > to do something.
> > That's how this word is taken by russians.
> > With respect,
> > Alexei I. Pavlov
> > PhD,
> > Professor,
> > St.Petersburg State university, Russia
> > 
> > From: Peter Scotto <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU>
> > Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and
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> > Subject: [SEELANGS] "Entuziazm" in Russian?
> > Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:20:51 -0400
> > 
> > Does anyone know, or does anyone know how I can
> find out, when the word
> > "entuziazm" enters Russian, particularly in its
> sense of the passionate
> > committment a revolutionary has for the cause or
> the idea?
> > 
> > Peter Scotto
> > Mount Holyoke College
> > pscotto at mtholyoke.edu
> > 
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