UID:
almahu_9948249609002882
Format:
1 online resource (300 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-61811-670-3
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1-61811-124-8
Series Statement:
Ars Rossika
Content:
Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection includes a number of essays appearing in English for the fi rst time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essaysexamine the survival and the reconceptualization of the past in later cultural systems and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. The essays in this collection contain some important examples of Russian cultural semiotics and remain indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Frontmatter --
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Table of Contents --
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TSAR AND GOD: SEMIOTIC ASPECTS OF THE SACRALIZATION OF THE MONARCH IN RUSSIA /
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TSAR AND PRETENDER: SAMOZVANCHESTVO OR ROYAL IMPOSTURE IN RUSSIA AS A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PHENOMENON /
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EUROPE AS METAPHOR AND METONYMY (IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA) /
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CULTURAL REFORMS IN PETER I'S SYSTEM OF TRANSFORMATIONS /
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THE MYTH OF THE STATE IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND ITS DESTRUCTION IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA /
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ABBREVIATIONS --
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List of Original Publications --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-936235-49-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781618116703
