Massovye samosozhzheniya staroobryadcev v Rossii v XVII-XIX vekah

Eta kniga posvyaschena probleme, kotoraya privlekaet mnogih - ot obyvateley do ser'eznyh issledovateley. Deystvitel'no, massovye samosozhzheniya staroobryadcev - to yavlenie russkoy istorii, kotoroe mozhno nazvat' unikal'nym, kotoroe sposobno porazit': otchayaniem, fanatizmom, gipertrofirovannoy tyagoy k muchenichestvu, fizicheskimi stradaniyami. Odnako dannaya monografiya ne ob etom. Massovye samoubiystva staroobryadcev rassmatrivayutsya v ney kak yavlenie unikal'noe sovsem v drugom smysle: nikogda v hristianskoy tradicii massovyy suicid ne stanovilsya chast'yu kul'tury i odnovremenno konkretnoy religioznoy praktikoy, suschestvovavshey na protyazhenii bolee dvuhsot let naryadu s drugimi, menee ekstremal'nymi. V rabote issleduetsya shirokiy krug problem, svyazannyh s yavleniem staroobryadcheskih "garey": social'nyy i kul'turnyy konteksty, obuslovivshie vozniknovenie i suschestvovanie massovyh samosozhzheniy, razlichnye religioznye praktiki, tak ili inache svyazannye s ideey dobrovol'nogo muchenichestva, knizhnye i fol'klornye istochniki etih praktik i t. d.