Empire speaks out : languages of rationalization and self-description in the Russian Empire /
Empire speaks out : languages of rationalization and self-description in the Russian Empire /
edited by Ilya Gerasimov, Jan Kusber and Alexander Semyonov.
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- Russian history and culture, v. 1 1877-7791 ; Brill ebook titles .
- Russian History and Culture 1. European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2010, ISBN: 9789004222861. .
"Published ... within the collective research project 'Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire'"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / New Imperial History And The Challenges Of Empire / Considerations On Imperial Comparisons / Governance, Education, And The Problems Of Empire In The Age Of Catherine II / \'Us\' And \'Them\'? Polish Self-Descriptions And Perceptions Of The Russian Empire Between Homogeneity And Diversity (1815–1863) / Siberian Middle Ground: Languages Of Rule And Accommodation On The Siberian Frontier / Russian Physical Anthropology Of The Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Centuries: Imperial Race, Colonial Other, Degenerate Types, And The Russian Racial Body / \'The Real And Live Ethnographic Map Of Russia\': The Russian Empire In The Mirror Of The State Duma / Redefining Empire: Social Engineering In Late Imperial Russia / Name Index / I. Gerasimov , J. Kusber and A. Semyonov -- Ilya Gerasimov , Sergey Glebov , Jan Kusber , Marina Mogilner and Alexander Semyonov -- Ann Laura Stoler -- Jan Kusber -- Hans-Christian Petersen -- Sergey Glebov -- Marina Mogilner -- Alexander Semyonov -- Ilya Gerasimov -- I. Gerasimov , J. Kusber and A. Semyonov.
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Historians habitually write about empires that expand, wage wars, and collapse, as if empires were self-evident and self-conscious entities with a distinct and clear sense of purpose. The stories of empires are told in the language of modern nation-centred social sciences: multi-cultural and heterogeneous empires of the past appear either as huge “nations” with a common language, culture, and territory, or as amalgamations of would-be nations striving to gain independence. Empire Speaks Out reconstructs the historical encounter of the Russian Empire of the seventeenth through the early twentieth centuries with the complex challenge of modernity. It does so by taking the self-awareness of empire seriously, and by looking into how bureaucrats, ideologues, politicians, scholars, and modern professionals described the ethnic, cultural, and social diversity of the empire. “Empire” then reveals itself not through deliberate and well-conceived actions of some mysterious political body, but as a series of “imperial situations” that different people encounter and perceive in common categories. The rationalization of previously intuitive social practices as imperial languages is the central theme of the collection. This book is published with support from Volkswagen Foundation, within the collective research project “Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire”
9789047429159
10.1163/ej.9789004175716.i-280 DOI
2009012418
Cultural pluralism--History.--Russia
Imperialism--Social aspects--History.--Russia
Rationalization (Psychology)--Political aspects--History.--Russia
Self-perception--Political aspects--History.--Russia
Language and culture--Russia.
Discourse analysis--Russia.
Russia--Ethnic relations.
Russia--Social conditions.
Russia--Politics and government.
Russia--History--Sources.
DK113 / .E48 2009
947
"Published ... within the collective research project 'Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire'"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material / New Imperial History And The Challenges Of Empire / Considerations On Imperial Comparisons / Governance, Education, And The Problems Of Empire In The Age Of Catherine II / \'Us\' And \'Them\'? Polish Self-Descriptions And Perceptions Of The Russian Empire Between Homogeneity And Diversity (1815–1863) / Siberian Middle Ground: Languages Of Rule And Accommodation On The Siberian Frontier / Russian Physical Anthropology Of The Nineteenth–Early Twentieth Centuries: Imperial Race, Colonial Other, Degenerate Types, And The Russian Racial Body / \'The Real And Live Ethnographic Map Of Russia\': The Russian Empire In The Mirror Of The State Duma / Redefining Empire: Social Engineering In Late Imperial Russia / Name Index / I. Gerasimov , J. Kusber and A. Semyonov -- Ilya Gerasimov , Sergey Glebov , Jan Kusber , Marina Mogilner and Alexander Semyonov -- Ann Laura Stoler -- Jan Kusber -- Hans-Christian Petersen -- Sergey Glebov -- Marina Mogilner -- Alexander Semyonov -- Ilya Gerasimov -- I. Gerasimov , J. Kusber and A. Semyonov.
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Historians habitually write about empires that expand, wage wars, and collapse, as if empires were self-evident and self-conscious entities with a distinct and clear sense of purpose. The stories of empires are told in the language of modern nation-centred social sciences: multi-cultural and heterogeneous empires of the past appear either as huge “nations” with a common language, culture, and territory, or as amalgamations of would-be nations striving to gain independence. Empire Speaks Out reconstructs the historical encounter of the Russian Empire of the seventeenth through the early twentieth centuries with the complex challenge of modernity. It does so by taking the self-awareness of empire seriously, and by looking into how bureaucrats, ideologues, politicians, scholars, and modern professionals described the ethnic, cultural, and social diversity of the empire. “Empire” then reveals itself not through deliberate and well-conceived actions of some mysterious political body, but as a series of “imperial situations” that different people encounter and perceive in common categories. The rationalization of previously intuitive social practices as imperial languages is the central theme of the collection. This book is published with support from Volkswagen Foundation, within the collective research project “Languages of Self Description and Representation in the Russian Empire”
9789047429159
10.1163/ej.9789004175716.i-280 DOI
2009012418
Cultural pluralism--History.--Russia
Imperialism--Social aspects--History.--Russia
Rationalization (Psychology)--Political aspects--History.--Russia
Self-perception--Political aspects--History.--Russia
Language and culture--Russia.
Discourse analysis--Russia.
Russia--Ethnic relations.
Russia--Social conditions.
Russia--Politics and government.
Russia--History--Sources.
DK113 / .E48 2009
947