Identifikatsiya Zhelanij -1992- Ok.ru- Link

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A harsh critique of 1992's new "bling" culture. The speaker warns that simply swapping a Soviet apartment for a penthouse does not constitute identification. He argues that "jealousy of the West" creates false desires. The exercise: Identify one item you bought recently out of envy. Identifikatsiya Zhelanij -1992- Ok.ru-

In the context of early 1990s Russian psychology, "identification" did not merely mean "naming" a desire. It meant a deep, archetypal process of distinguishing your true, authentic needs from the imposed ideologies of the Soviet past and the sudden, overwhelming avalanche of Western consumerism. For those willing to brave the clunky interface of Ok