Ordered work, regulated leisure – and ‚Muße’? Marxism and „dosug“ in Soviet culture (G03 (C04))

• Subject Area: European and American Literary and Cultural Studies
• Term: from 2013 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 197396619

This project looks at the concept of Muße in Soviet society within the context of Marxist theories about work and leisure. This project will be divided into several parts which are closely linked to each other: a) the concept of Muße in the writings of Marx and other Marxist thinkers; b) Muße and its changing semantic field in the Soviet Union and in the works of Soviet ideologists, c) didactic mediation of the ‚new’ Soviet concept of Muße in Soviet children’s literature; and d) literary discourses of Muße in different developmental phases of Soviet culture.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1015: Muße (Leisure/Otium). Concepts, Spaces, Figures
• Applicant Institution: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Elisabeth Cheauré