Liberals under autocracy : modernization and civil society in Russia, 1866-1904 / Anton A. Fedyashin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fedyashin, Anton A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberalism--Russia--History--19th century.

Liberalism.

Russia--Intellectual life--1801-1917.

Russia.

Russia--Politics and government--1801-1917.

Vi︠e︡stnikʺ Evropy (Saint Petersburg, Russia).

Genre:

Authors' presentation copies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With its rocky transition to democracy, post-Soviet Russia has made observers wonder whether a moderating liberalism could ever succeed in such a land of extremes. But in Liberals under Autocracy, Anton A. Fedyashin looks back at the vibrant Russian liberalism that flourished in the country's late imperial era, chronicling its contributions to the evolution of Russia's rich literary culture, socioeconomic thinking, and civil society. For five decades prior to the revolutions of 1917, The Herald of Europe ( Vestnik Evropy ) was the flagship journal of Russian liberalism, garnering a large readership. The journal articulated a distinctively Russian liberal agenda, one that encouraged social and economic modernization and civic participation through local self-government units ( zemstvos ) that defended individual rights and interests-especially those of the peasantry-in the face of increasing industrialization. Through the efforts of four men who turned The Herald into a cultural nexus in the imperial capital of St. Petersburg, the publication catalyzed the growing influence of journal culture and its formative effects on Russian politics and society. Challenging deep-seated assumptions about Russia's intellectual history, Fedyashin's work casts the country's nascent liberalism as a distinctly Russian blend of self-governance, populism, and other national, cultural traditions. As such, the book stands as a contribution to the growing literature on imperial Russia's nonrevolutionary, intellectual movements that emphasized the role of local politics in both successful modernization and the evolution of civil society in an extraparliamentary environment.

Contents:

pt. 1. The men of the Herald of Europe

pt. 2. The Herald of Europe as the flagship of Russian liberalism

pt. 3. The emergence of a liberal program.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781283657488

1283657481

9780299284336

0299284336

OCLC:

813529047