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Author : Judith Ellen Kalb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019759781
Author : Anna Frajlich
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9789042022515
'This thoughtful and well-researched manuscript is an important contribution to several fields: 19th- and 20th-century Russian literature and philosophy, Classics and literary history. Many 20th-century Russian writers employ comparisons between 20th-century Russia and the Roman Empire, but this study is the first in-depth look at the basis for this all pervasive theme. Since the end of the Soviet Union the Symbolist period has become one of primary interest for Russians as they attempt to investigate elements of their pre-Soviet identity. The writers whose works are included here represent some of the most sophisticated and erudite in the whole of Russian literature, but many of them were, until recently [?] little studied or looked at through a distorting political prism.'Carol Ueland, Professor of Russian Literature, Drew University
Author : Judith E. Kalb
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780299229238
A wide-ranging study of empire, religious prophecy, and nationalism in literature, Russia’s Rome: Imperial Visions, Messianic Dreams, 1890–1940 provides the first examination of Russia’s self-identification with Rome during a period that encompassed the revolutions of 1905 and 1917 and the rise of the Soviet state. Analyzing Rome-related texts by six writers—Dmitrii Merezhkovskii, Valerii Briusov, Aleksandr Blok, Viacheslav Ivanov, Mikhail Kuzmin, and Mikhail Bulgakov—Judith E. Kalb argues that the myth of Russia as the “Third Rome” was resurrected to create a Rome-based discourse of Russian national identity that endured even as the empire of the tsars declined and fell and a new state replaced it. Russia generally finds itself beyond the purview of studies concerned with the ongoing potency of the classical world in modern society. Slavists, for their part, have only recently begun to note the influence of classical civilization not only during Russia’s neo-classical eighteenth century but also during its modernist period. With its interdisciplinary scope, Russia’s Rome fills a gap in both Russian studies and scholarship on the classical tradition, providing valuable material for scholars of Russian culture and history, classicists, and readers interested in the classical heritage.
Author : Joseph Frank
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0691014566
Essays probe the culture that spawned the great novels of Dostoevsky and explore the author's influence on world literature.
Author : Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004169852
Much of what we know about the colourful Russian middle ages comes from legal sources: the treaties of Russian-Scandinavian warlords with the Byzantine emperors, the gradual penetration of Christianity and Byzantine institutions, the endless game of war and peace among the numerous regional princes, the activities of Hanseatic merchants in the wealthy city-republic of Novgorod, the curious relationships between the Mongol conquerors and Russian rulers and church dignitaries, etc. And, at the even further fringes of medieval Europe, there were the Christian kingdoms of Armenia and Georgia, squeezed between the Islamic empires of Iran and Turkey, but each possessing their elaborate and original legal systems. A discussion of more general questions of legal history and legal anthropology precedes the treatment of these various topics.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021176156
Author : Jardar Østbø
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783838268705
Drawing on theories of political myth and concepts of nationalism, Jardar Østbø analyzes the content and ideological function of the myth of Russia as a Third Rome. Through case studies of four prominent nationalist intellectuals, Østbø shows how this messianic myth was used to reinvent Russia and its allegedly rightful place in the world after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Though it exists in many radically different versions, the Third Rome myth in general embodies particularism and rabid anti-Westernism. At best, it portrays Russia as an essentially isolationist country. At worst, it casts the country as superior to all other nations, divinely elected to rule the world.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004523326
This volume explores the influence of the Socratic legacy on philosophy and literature in the Russian, East European, and Soviet contexts, including the work of Skovoroda, Radishchev, Herzen, Dostoevsky, Rozanov, Bely, Narbut, Bulgakov, and many others.
Author : Dmitry Shlapentokh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351292740
The political uncertainty following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rejection of the revolutionary model has brought Russian political thought full circle as democratic forces contend with authoritarian nationalism. This volume is essential to understanding the antidemocratic tradition in Russia and the persistent danger of totalitarianism.
Author : John Alexander Ogden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017803425
Author : Rosalind Polly Blakesley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Art
ISBN : 0198208758
This book examines Russian genre painting in the first three quarters of the nineteenth century. It focuses on five major artists who made significant contributions to Russian intellectual life: Venetsianov, Bryullov, Ivanov, Fedotov, and Perov.
Author : Gregory Ioffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429980961
Contrary to the viewpoint of many Western scholars, the authors of this penetrating analysis argue that private farming is not a viable option in Russia's future. Instead, a convergence of Soviet-style subsidiary farming with traditional and reorganized collective farms is the most plausible path of evolution in most rural areas.Grigory Ioffe and Tatyana Nefedova arrive at this conclusion by a careful examination of ongoing reform efforts in Russian agriculture against the backdrop of European and Russian agrarian history and rural spatial development since the late nineteenth century. The comparisons at the national level are then filled in with consideration of a number of Russian provinces (oblasti) and regions (raiony). Their research reveals the substantial negative impact of rural depopulation on the Russian agrarian economy. Seventy original maps richly complement and support the narrative.
Author : Joseph Frank
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0813516439
The Idea of Spatial Form contains the classic essay that introduced the concept of "spatial form" into literary discussion in 1945, and has since been accepted as one of the foundations for a theory of modern literature. It is here reprinted along with two later reconsiderations, one of which answers its major critics, while the second places the theory in relation to Russian Formalism and French Structuralism. Originally conceived to clarify the formal experiments of avant-garde literature, the idea of spatial form, when placed in this wider context, also contributes importantly to the foundations of a general poetics of the literary text. Also included are related discussions of André Malraux, Heinrich Wölfflin, Herbert Read, and E. H. Gombrich. New material has been added to the essays in the form of footnotes and postscripts to two of them. These either illustrate the continuing relevance of the questions raised, or offer Frank's more recent opinions on the topic.
Author : Dimitris Stamatopoulos
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633861783
The Balkans offer classic examples of how empires imagine they can transform themselves into national states (Ottomanism) and how nation-states project themselves into future empires (as with the Greek “Great Idea” and the Serbian “Načertaniye”). By examining the interaction between these two aspirations this volume sheds light on the ideological prerequisites for the emergence of Balkan nationalisms. With a balance between historical and literary contributions, the focus is on the ideological hybridity of the new national identities and on the effects of “imperial nationalisms” on the emerging Balkan nationalisms. The authors of the twelve essays reveal the relation between empire and nation-state, proceeding from the observation that many of the new nation-states acquired some imperial features and behaved as empires. This original and stimulating approach reveals the imperialistic nature of so-called ethnic or cultural nationalism.
Author : Olga Oliker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442280649
Religious violence is surely as old as both faith and fighting themselves. In the Russian Federation, as elsewhere in the world, religious teachings and philosophies are used both to justify and combat violence. While many, including Russian authorities, increasingly view religious conflict through the prism of violent radical Islamic jihadism, the full picture is much more complicated. It includes religious propaganda employed by violent right-wing groups, violent repression of religious communities and organizations by local and federal authorities, and conflict within religious confessions. Violence may be couched in the language of self-defense as modernity clashes with a multitude of perceived and real traditions. A better understanding of the dynamics at the heart of religious violence in Russia, in its many manifestations, is critical to the country’s future development and its security. The analyses collected in this volume aim to contribute to the body of knowledge on these topics and inform policy solutions to make Russia and Russians of all religions (and no religion) safer and more secure.