Liberalism in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: State, Nation, Empire Contributor(s): Rabow-Edling, Susanna (Author) |
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ISBN: 113855541X ISBN-13: 9781138555419 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Revolutionary - History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union - History | Modern - 19th Century |
Dewey: 320.510 |
LCCN: 2018013413 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History |
Physical Information: 146 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Nineteenth-century Russian intellectuals were faced with a dilemma. They had to choose between modernizing their country, thus imitating the West, or reaffirming what was perceived as their country's own values and thereby risk remaining socially underdeveloped and unable to compete with Western powers. Scholars have argued that this led to the emergence of an anti-Western, anti-modern ethnic nationalism. In this innovative book, Susanna Rabow-Edling shows that there was another solution to the conflicting agendas of modernization and cultural authenticity - a Russian liberal nationalism. This nationalism took various forms during the long nineteenth century, but aimed to promote reforms through a combination of liberalism, nationalism and imperialism. |