Pussy Riot : Holy Foolishness or Buffoonery

[ivan esaulov]

Dear Colleagues,

as I have gathered from the responses, there are quite a lot of you here who see the performance of the Pussy Riot in the St. Savior's Cathedral as an act of holy foolishness. 

I rather think it is about another kind of divination - buffoonery. 

More about the differences between the two you can read in: http://esaulov.net/wp-content/uploads/pdf/pashalnost-russkoj-slovesnosti/pashalost-russkoj-slovesnosti-glava-6.pdf  

In English here: Ivan Esaulov. Two Facets of Comedic Space in Russian Literature of the Modern Period: Holy Foolishness and Buffoonery. In: Aspects of Humour in Russian Culture. Anthem Press, 2004.


Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Ivan Esaulov


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