RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Literary Theory Linguistics Cultural Studies Series

NEW AGE PRACTICES AMONG POST-SOVIET URBAN YOUTH AS A CULTURAL FORM OF CARE OF THE SELF TECHNIQUES

RSUH/RGGU Bulletin Literary Theory Linguistics Cultural Studies Series 2023 Il’ya A. Malinovskii 1 citation

This paper attempts to reveal the role of New Age practices among post-Soviet (mainly Russian) youth by looking at how New Age practitioners interpret them for themselves. The theoretical framework of the article was the conceptualization of Michel Foucault’s “the care of the self techniques”. The characteristics of the New Age practices as “the care of the self techniques” were highlighted:...