The reexamination of values that began during the USSR's last years continues today in the search for a new Russian culture, one rooted in the pre-Soviet past but dynamic and evolving. Multi-textual, polyphonic, and contradictory, the current Russian cultural discourse is richly reflected in these essays by a diverse group of authors from Russian and American academic and cultural circles. The chapters explore specific cultural domains, surveying Russian and Soviet beliefs and behaviors and highlighting the range of choices that Russians are facing at this critical juncture.

Introduction: continuity and change in Russian culture /Dimitri N, Shalin -- Historical culture / Boris M. Paramonov -- Intellectual culture / Dimitri N. Shalin -- Psychological culture / Alexander M. Etkind -- Religious Culture / Jerry G. Pankhurst -- Everyday culture / Svetlana Boyn -- Moral culture / Igor S. Kon -- Popular culture / Zara Abdullaeva -- Literary culture / Maurice Friedberg -- Artistic culture / Daniil B. Dondurei -- Labor culture / Vladimir S. Magun -- Civic culture / Yuri A. Levada -- Conclusion: towards a post-soviet society / Frederick Starr -- Afterword / Bruce Mazlish.