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"Tsar and God" and other essays in Russian cultural semiotics / Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov ; translated from Russian by Marcus C. Levitt, David Budgen, and Liv Bliss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Uspenskiĭ, B. A. (Boris Andreevich)
- Series:
- Ars Rossika.
- Ars Rossika
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Russia--History.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Semiotics--Russia--Religious aspects.
- Semiotics.
- Religion and culture--Russia.
- Religion and culture.
- Language and culture--Russia.
- Language and culture.
- Russia--Religion--History.
- Russia.
- Russia--History--1689-1801.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2012.
- Academic Studies Press, [2017]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Featuring a number of pioneering essays by the internationally known Russian cultural historians Boris Uspenskij and Victor Zhivov, this collection includes a number of essays appearing in English for the fi rst time. Focusing on several of the most interesting and problematic aspects of Russia's cultural development, these essaysexamine the survival and the reconceptualization of the past in later cultural systems and some of the key transformations of Russian cultural consciousness. The essays in this collection contain some important examples of Russian cultural semiotics and remain indispensable contributions to the history of Russian civilization.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- TSAR AND GOD: SEMIOTIC ASPECTS OF THE SACRALIZATION OF THE MONARCH IN RUSSIA / Uspenskij, B. A. / Zhivov, V. M.
- TSAR AND PRETENDER: SAMOZVANCHESTVO OR ROYAL IMPOSTURE IN RUSSIA AS A CULTURAL-HISTORICAL PHENOMENON / Uspenskij, B. A.
- EUROPE AS METAPHOR AND METONYMY (IN RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA) / Uspenskij, B. A.
- CULTURAL REFORMS IN PETER I'S SYSTEM OF TRANSFORMATIONS / Zhivov, V. M.
- THE MYTH OF THE STATE IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT AND ITS DESTRUCTION IN LATE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY RUSSIA / Zhivov, V. M.
- ABBREVIATIONS
- List of Original Publications
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 1-61811-670-3
- 1-61811-124-8
- OCLC:
- 1135571408
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