"Entuziazm" in Russian: Possible Date(P.Scotto)

[Helena Tolstoy]

Cf. also a line from the 1st page of Turgenev's 1860 speech "Hamlet and Don
Quichote": Дон-Кихот   энтузиаст, служитель идеи и потому обвеян ее
сияньем."

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter Scotto
Sent: 26 June 2006 21:41
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Subject: [SEELANGS] "Entuziazm" in Russian: Possible Date(P.Scotto)

-->A clue from jh:

I don't know, if this will help you, but the word occurs in Dostoevsky's
"Besy". There you can find phrases like "entuziazm sovr. molodezhi".

-->Okay, everbody:<--

JH's comment is very helpful and leads me to reach this tentative
conclusion:

I can find the word in it's "Stalinist" meaning at least as early as 1890
with
the Russian publication of the first four chapters of Stepniak-Kravchinkii's
_Andrei Kozhukov_ in _Sotsial Demokrat_ (1890, No. 2). The novel was first
written by Stepniak in English (!) and appeared in 1889. In the English
version
(as in the Russian version), both "enthusiasm" and "enthusiast" are used in
meanings that would be - in my judgement- entirely familiar to students of
Stalinist culture.

Stepniak's was a populist/terrorist, and his novel is set at the end of the
1870's. Given that "Besy" was published in 1872, it  seems likely that the
word's familiar political usage came into currency as early as the 1870's.
I'm
beginning to suspect it may have been solidified by 1873-74 with the great
populist "Khozhdenie v narod."

I will look into this further and report anything I find. Thank to all for
your
help.

Peter Scotto
Mount Holyoke College
pscotto at mtholyoke.edu 


Quoting Alexei Pavlov <bestpava at HOTMAIL.COM>:

> Dear Prof. Scotto!
> I was glad to help you.
> Actually I'm interested in semantic syntax but I doubt that I will be
wrong
> 
> if I say that this word appeared in Russian in the 20 century. Something 
> tells me that you are aware of this fact.)
> Our collegues had suggested you to consult a specialist in this field and 
> stalinist period as well. Without any doubt this word was used in slogans
in
> 
> the early soviet period but may be you should check some poets of the
soviet
> 
> period as well. Starting with Majakovsky for example. May be that will be 
> helpfull.
> With respect,
> Alexe I. Pavlov
> PhD,
> Professor,
> StPetersburg State university, Russia
> 
> From: Peter Scotto <pscotto at MTHOLYOKE.EDU>
> Reply-To: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list

> 
> <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
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> Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] "Entuziazm" in Russian?
> Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:18:57 -0400
> 
> 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 Literature list
>  >
>  > <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
>  > To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>  > 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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