"A ritual civil execution": public shaming meetings in the post-Stalin Soviet Union

The resurgence of public shaming campaigns in modern societies has important antecedents in the relatively recent past. The paper addresses the practice of prorabotka, a ritual of public shaming that took place in schools, universities and workplaces in the Soviet Union. Prorabotka, whose genealogy...

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Main Author: Stephenson, Svetlana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cristina Costa and Mark Murphy 2021
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Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/6512/1/Vol-1-3-05-Stephenson%20%281%29.pdf