Slavophile thought and the politics of cultural nationalism / Susanna Rabow-Edling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabow-Edling, Susanna.

Series:

SUNY series in national identities.

SUNY series in national identities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavophilism--Russia--History--19th century.

Slavophilism.

Russians--Ethnic identity.

Russians.

Nationalism--Russia--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Russia--Intellectual life--1801-1917.

Russia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

A dual crisis of identity

The problem of imitation

Conceptions of the nation

The Russian enlightenment and the Westernisers

The Slavophile notion of a Russian enlightenment

Cultural nationalism as a project for social change

The Slavophile project for social change

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index.

ISBN:

9780791482162

0791482162

9781429417327

1429417323

OCLC:

77006716