| Russian Orientalism: Asia in the Russian Mind from Peter the Great to the Emigration Contributor(s): Schimmelpenninck Van Der Oye, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300110634 ISBN-13: 9780300110630 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $71.28 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Asia - General - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Dewey: 303.482 |
| LCCN: 2009033262 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Russia - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The West has been accused of seeing the East in a hostile and deprecatory light, as the legacy of nineteenth-century European imperialism. In this highly original and controversial book, David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye examines Russian thinking about the Orient before the Revolution of 1917. Exploring the writings, poetry, and art of representative individuals including Catherine the Great, Alexander Pushkin, Alexander Borodin, and leading orientologists, Schimmelpenninck argues that the Russian Empire's bi-continental geography, its ambivalent relationship with the rest of Europe, and the complicated nature of its encounter with Asia have all resulted in a variegated and often surprisingly sympathetic understanding of the East among its people. |