""Contents""; ""Prologue""; ""Tragicomedy""; ""1 Psychoanalysis in the Soviet Union""; ""Ideology""; ""2 Ideology versus Diffidence, Not Dissidence""; ""3 Ideology Faces the Horrors of Its Opposite""; ""Sadness""; ""4 The Difficult Birth of Tragicomedy""; ""5 Can Materialism Be Challenged by Melancholy?""; ""Fear""; ""6 “A Wave of Fear Ran through My Body ��""; ""7 The Dignity of Risk""; ""Hope and Desire""; ""8 Insignificance as Salvation""; ""Love""; ""9 “ I Love You!� “ What a Ridiculous Decision!�""; ""10 Love and the Adventures of Lunacy""
Conclusion: Western Notions and Witty WordsNotes -- Filmography -- Index
