| Slavophile Thought and the Politics of Cultural Nationalism Contributor(s): Rabow-Edling, Susanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791466930 ISBN-13: 9780791466933 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2005014016 |
| Series: Suny Series in National Identities |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.28" W x 9.06" (0.86 lbs) 183 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Susanna Rabow-Edling examines the first theory of the Russian nation, formulated by the Slavophiles in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and its relationship to the West. Using cultural nationalism as a tool for understanding Slavophile thinking, she argues that a Russian national identity was not shaped in opposition to Europe in order to separate Russia from the West. Rather, it originated as an attempt to counter the feeling of cultural backwardness among Russian intellectuals by making it possible for Russian culture to assume a leading role in the universal progress of humanity. This reinterpretation of Slavophile ideas about the Russian nation offers a more complex image of the role of Europe and the West in shaping a Russian national identity. |
