Siberian Federal University

Issue

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2019 12 (8)

Authors

Bereznitsky, Sergey V.

Contact information

Bereznitsky, Sergey V.: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS 3 University emb., St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia; ORCID: 0000–0001–6235–5542;

Keywords

Northern regions of Russia; 18th‑21st centuries; Claude Levi-Strauss; binary oppositions; “cold” and “hot” societies; resettlement and indigenous ethnic groups; production and consumption of energy

Abstract

The article is devoted to the possibility of application of the well-known ethnographers, historians, cultural scientists, sociologists of the concept of binary oppositions of the French scientist Claude levy-Strauss (1908–2009) for cross-cultural research of ethnic features of the use of energy by “hot” industrial and “cold” traditional societies in the Russian North in the 18th‑21th centuries. “Hot” societies seek to control energy, constantly increasing its production, consumption, and the amount of information and knowledge associated with these processes. “Cold” societies try to limit themselves to the reproduction of already long-discovered ancestors, established technologies of life support system, preservation of traditional conditions of their original existence. The proximity of the resettlement and indigenous peoples in the Northern regions for several centuries inevitably leads to contacts and mutual exchange of cultural values, including in the field of energy consumption. However, the problem of choosing the optimal way of energy use in severe climatic conditions remains unresolved

Pages

1374-1390

DOI

10.17516/1997–1370–0455

Paper at repository of SibFU

https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/112617

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